Staffing Employment Grows Year-to-Year

American Staffing Association (06/16/22) Q2 2022 Revenue Expected to Rise 10% U.S. staffing sales reached $37.4 billion—a new first-quarter high—while first-quarter staffing jobs grew 1.6% year-to-year, according to data released by the American Staffing Association’s Staffing Employment and Sales survey. Overall, staffing companies employed an average of 2.7 million temporary and contract workers per week in the […]

U.S. Industrial Output has Small Gain in May, has Risen for Five Straight Months

MarketWatch (06/17/22) Robb, Greg Industrial production rose 0.2% in May, the U.S. Federal Reserve reported Friday, the fifth straight monthly gain. The gain was slightly below Wall Street expectations of a 0.4% gain. From January through April, output rose an average 0.9%. Capacity utilization inched up to 79% in May from 78.9% in the prior […]