Anthony Chan Length Quotations

The decline in the length of the average work week ... tells us this leading employment indicator does not foreshadow any immediate end to this general pattern of weakness in the labor market.

When we see a change in payrolls that is dominated by a glitch in the seasonal factor, no change in average hourly earnings and only a small gain in the length in the average workweek, we know that the message is encouraging but not exhilarating,

Additionally, it was encouraging to see a small increase in the length of the work week, which usually serves as a leading indicator of future employment growth.