gilboa-blog – Yoram Gilboa

What Claims Data Tells Us Before the April Jobs Report

Initial and continuing claims paint a clear picture heading into April 3: layoffs are not the problem.

economics

data analysis

data visualization

labor market

The March employment situation report drops on April 3, 2026, and the question on everyone’s mind is whether February’s payroll miss was a blip or the start of something…

Visualizing the March 2026 BTOS: Stable Revenues, Cautious Hiring

The business survey tells the same story as the jobs miss, from the employer’s side of the table.

economics

data analysis

data visualization

Two weeks after the February payroll miss, the Census Bureau’s Business Trends and Outlook Survey¹ (BTOS) offers the view from the other side of the hiring decision. The…

When the Labor Market Slows Without Breaking

Weak payrolls, low claims, and sticky inflation paint a picture of uneven cooling, not collapse.

economics

data analysis

inflation

Last week delivered three economic releases that, at the headline level, seemed to contradict each other. Nonfarm payrolls fell by -92,000 in February 2026. Initial jobless…

Behind the February 2026 Jobs Miss: Visualizing Strikes, Storms, and Global Shocks

The US economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, the worst monthly reading since late 2025. What happened?

economics

data analysis

data visualization

The US labor market delivered its worst monthly reading since October 2025: -92,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in February 2026, against a consensus expectation of +50,000. The…

The Great Inflation Divergence: Why Core PPI Exploded While CPI Stayed Cool

PPI and CPI told two very different stories in January 2026. One calmed the markets. The other blindsided them.

economics

inflation

data analysis

On February 13, 2026, the Consumer Price Index for January landed soft: headline +0.2% month-over-month¹ (below the +0.3% consensus), core +0.3% (in line), headline…

Visualizing Supreme Court Alliances

The IEEPA Tariff Ruling and Justice Voting Patterns in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump

supreme court

data visualization

law

politics

On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court delivered one of its most consequential rulings in years. In Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (consolidated with Trump v. V.O.S.…

US Inflation Is Cooling Off: Here’s What the Numbers Really Say

economics

data analysis

inflation

US consumer prices rose 2.8% year-over-year in January 2026, down from 3.0% in December, the lowest reading since July 2025. Core CPI ticked up to 2.9%. But the real story…

P&C Severity CPI: A Claims-Weighted Inflation Index

actuarial

inflation

visualization

insurance

The standard Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) is designed to measure inflation for typical household consumption. But for Property & Casualty insurance actuaries, it…

Setting Up My Data Science Blog

meta

visualization

python

This is my first post on my new Quarto-based blog. I’ll be sharing data visualizations and predictive modeling work here.