An OK Employment Report

David Kotok2.67K FollowersFollow5ShareSavePlay(3min)CommentsSummaryThe employment report for November and October showed that the private sector continued to add jobs at a modest pace that is probably close to its new trend.The November government payrolls were down by only -5,000, showing the one-time impact of the buyout.The household survey was not undertaken for October given the federal government shutdown, and so for the first time since this survey was started in 1948, there was no data for that month. Wasan Tita/iStock via Getty Images By David W. Berson, Ph.D. The employment report for November and October showed that the private sector continued to add jobs at a modest pace that is probably close to its new trend - with privateThis article was written byDavid Kotok2.67K FollowersFollowDavid Kotok (Substack: https://dkotok.substack.com, The Fed and the Flu book website, https://thefedandtheflu.com ) co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and was its Chief Investment Officer from inception until December 2024. David’s articles and financial market commentaries have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and other publications. He has been a contributor to Bloomberg TV and Bloomberg Radio, Yahoo Finance TV, and other media. He has authored or co-authored five books, including the newest one released in 2025, for details: www.thefedandtheflu.com . He holds a B.S. in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in organizational dynamics from The School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.David was Program Chairman and a Director of the Global Interdependence Center (GIC), www.interdependence.org , whose mission is to encourage the expansion of global dialogue and free trade in order to improve cooperation and understanding among nation states, with the goal of reducing international conflicts and improving worldwide living standards. David chaired its Central Banking Series and organized a five-continent dialogue held in Cape Town, Hong Kong, Hanoi, Milan, Paris, Philadelphia, Prague, Rome, Santiago, Shanghai, Singapore, Tallinn, and Zambia (Livingstone). He has received the Global Citizen Award from GIC for his efforts. David is a member of the National Business Economics Issues Council (NBEIC), the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), has served on the Research Advisory Board of BCA Research and is currently on the advisory board of RiskBridge Advisors. He has also served as a Commissioner of the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) and on the Treasury Transition Teams for New Jersey Governors Kean and Whitman. Additionally, he has served as a board member of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and as Chairman of the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.