-
Recent Posts
- Annals of Marketing – Curated by Cadillac Escalade IQ
- Penske Automotive Group Take Private Proposal Advisors Set
- Alex Palou All But Assured of 2026 NTT IndyCar Series Title
- Seat Belt Recalls – Alfa Romeo Tonales and Dodge Hornets
- Ram 2019-26 Model-Year Seat-Belt Recall on ~1.3M!
- California Starts MyFirstEV Instant Rebate Program
- Brawley GTS ROVS Recalled for Sudden Acceleration
- Premium Vehicle Buyers Defecting to Mainstream Brands!
- Federal Offense! Higher Prices, Transportation Costs, and Other Economic Blows From King Trump Tariffs
- Subaru to Enter the ‘Captive Finance Business’ by 2030
- Goodyear Posts Q2 2026 Net Loss of $204 Million
- UAW Clout in Michigan Apparent in Primary Wins
- SMMT – Battery Electric Cars Sales Set Record in England!
- General Motors and Chinese SAIC Motor Lengthen JV to 2047!
- Center for Automotive Research on “China Speed”
Recent Comments
- Nissan Motor on Nissan Posts ¥77.9B Profit in Q1 of Japanese Fiscal Year
- Jeff Badman on Ford Motor Recalls 850,000 Vehicles for Sudden Stalling
- Magna International on Magna International Posts Q1 2026 EPS Loss of $0.04
- Council on Foreign Relations on Iran and Strait of Hormuz on AAA – Pump Gasoline Prices Still Soaring
- Autocrat on Stellantis Subordinated Perpetual Hybrid Bonds on Stellantis Posts Full Year 2025 Loss of €22.3B
Archives
Meta
Tag Archives: US Transportation Sector Unemployment
April US Transportation Sector Unemployment Up Slightly
The April 2023 rate was above the April 2022 rate of 3.6%. This was just above the pre-pandemic April level of 3.7% in 2019. Unemployment in the transportation sector reached its highest level during the COVID-19 pandemic (15.7%) in May 2020 and July 2020 during the Trump administration. Continue reading
US Transportation Sector January Unemployment Flat
Unemployment in the transportation sector was higher than overall unemployment. BLS reports that the US unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, in January 2024 was 4.1% or 0.6 percentage points below the transportation sector rate. Seasonally adjusted, the U.S. unemployment rate in January 2024 was 3.7%, as the Federal reserve continues its indefensible ideological, anti-data tight money policy (the highest interest rates in two decades!) with little or lately no inflation in AutoInformed’s view. Continue reading →