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Staffing Pulse
Stable, leaning up
Temporary help services employment: Softening
Initial jobless claims: Expanding
Job openings: Expanding
Unemployment rate: Stable
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The Staffing Pulse

Each signal reads Expanding / Stable / Softening on fixed thresholds; the overall read is the net count. No forecasts, no adjustments. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED (St. Louis Fed).

Temporary help services employment
2,486.8k
2026-09-01 · Softening

Temp staffing is cut first and rehired first — it often turns months before total payrolls.

Initial jobless claims
197,000
2026-09-26 · Expanding

Fewer new claims than the yearly average means fewer layoffs.

Job openings (JOLTS)
7,079.0k
2026-08-01 · Expanding

Openings show how much demand for workers employers still have.

Unemployment rate
4.2%
2026-09-01 · Stable

The headline rate confirms what the leading signals suggested.

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