This chart (Gas station retail sales deflated by CPI Gasoline price index) - suggests amount of gas pumped last month was same as 4 years previously. Less driving, EV and fuel efficiency gains?

Individually price adjusted Food & Beverage Stores sales have stabilized for almost two years at 10% above pre-Covid. Americans eating more at home? Let's hope it's not alcohol sales.

Vehicle sales ticked up last month but still below pre-pandemic level. Large price increases explain growth in unadjusted sales.

Our own "real" retail sales index has its components individually deflated. (unlike the headline which deflates all sales by All Items CPI). Dropped below pre-Covid levels.

Payroll Survey in perspective. Today's report ~60k retail jobs growth in January. Seasonally adjusted. But then, as of last month's report, there had been 60k growth in May. As of today, May is now revised to a 25k LOSS. Seasonal adjustment for you.

Revisions to payroll survey point to some seasonal adjustment, "thrashing" (to use a mathematical term). explistats.com/p/revisions-t…

Payrolls survey. Hours worked fell in January, continuing the downward trend in Services. Goods producing still around Jan 2020 levels. Weekly, hourly wages and more: explistats.com/p/payrolls-ea…

State and Metro Area Employment - We just took a look at the latest data to see where jobs are recovering fast and slow, and where wages are going up and down the most. explistats.com

Dollar amount of #payrolls in the medical manufacturing industry. Perhaps a change in mix of job types, or maybe wage rises all round. (BLS one month behind in data for this industry.)

Actually, although Information stands out as a sector, there is a patchwork of positive and negative growth within other sectors. explistats.com/economic-acti…

Jan. total #payroll jobs growth flat again, with a positive contribution from Information sector. But not the data-processing industry. explistats.com/economic-acti…

Jobs in Accomodation continue to slide from the rebound peak. Payroll dollars keeping track with hours worked. We can produce these charts for any industry in a few seconds. WE ARE TAKING REQUESTS.

Total #payroll dollars back to its pre-pandemic peak - despite jobs being more than 3% down from the peak.

Out and About weekly update. Dining and Travel compared to last year, continues down. Nationwide back at June levels. In California, back even earlier.

"Out and About" #TSA #opentable Year over year flying and dining continue to decline from their rebound peaks.

Apologies - earlier "Out and About" update, left off new OpenTable and TSA data to yesterday. Dining-out plummeting in past week.

Airline and Restaurant jobs updated #payrolls show slight increase in Air, slight drop in Food Services. Inline with @opentable and #TSA numbers. Tables here: explistats.com/economic-acti…

Private #Payrolls - November Total Dollars - is down only 1.2% from January level. Jobs down 6.4%. Source - today's BLS Payroll Survey

#payrolls. Hours worked. Even for those in work in Goods Producing industries, Nov. hours dropped. Service workers still working increased pandemic hours.

#payrolls survey heat map. Many industries showing decline in jobs in October - November. explistats.com/economic-acti…