IRS Announces Increase in 2023…
Health savings account (HSA) contribution limits for 2023 are going up significantly in response to the recent inflation surge, the IRS announced April 29, giving employers that sp...
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Personal Income Increased 0.3 Percent…
Personal income increased $70.7 billion (0.3%) in December according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $39....
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Import Prices Fall 0.2% in…
Imports The price index for U.S. imports declined 0.2% in December, the first monthly decrease since the index fell 0.2 percent in August 2021. Despite the December drop, U.S. impo...
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Export Prices up 18.0 Percent…
Prices for U.S. exports rose 18.0% from October 2020 to October 2021. The increase was the largest since BLS first published 12-month percent changes for U.S. export prices in Sept...
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FTR Reports Preliminary Trailer Orders…
FTR reports preliminary trailer orders bounced back in August to 15,100 units, +79% from July, but still -47% y/y. Trailers orders for the past twelve months now total 341,000 Unit...
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Hires up in Professional, Business…
Overall, the number of hires in November 2020 was little changed from a year earlier. There were a total of 5,439,000 hires in November 2019, compared with 5,590,000 in November 2...
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Three Months Left for CDL…
If an employer has not yet conducted queries in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse on any CDL drivers they currently employ, time is running out. The deadline to meet the annual qu...
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FMCSA Updates SMS Website
FMCSA has updated the SMS Website with the September 25, 2020 results. With this snapshot, FMCSA has aligned the violations used in SMS to reflect the latest changes to violations ...
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Labor Force Participation Rate Down,…
The labor force participation rate decreased by 0.3 percentage point to 61.4% in September 2020. This was 2.0 percentage points lower than in February and up from a low of 60.2% in...
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