Quikrete Industry Dashboard
Unemployment update; feast or famine on the Stock Roundup.
The latest updated of the Quikrete Industry Dashboard shows the national unemployment rate at 6.2%, only slightly changed from 6.3% last month.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday morning reported that both the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons (10.0 million) are much lower than their April 2020 highs, but they remain well above their pre-pandemic levels in February 2020, (3.5% and 5.7 million, respectively).
Also on the Dashboard: the Stock Roundup has a feast-or-famine feel to it DE and BECN are up double digits for the month, and are up a respective 116% and 63% from their position a year ago. Meanwhile, four companies are trending in the negative territory for the moth.
It’s important to note, though, that all ten ticker symbols are ahead of their position last year.
Coming up: The next Dashboard metric to be released will be the Monthly Retail Sales report, slated for March 16.