History · 3 years
Overview · Mood index · updated every 3 hours
About the Job Market Sentiment
AI-driven analysis of employment market commentary - tracking hiring sentiment, job posting momentum, layoff risk narratives, and labor market tightness as reflected in digital discussions.
Consumer sentiment indicators track narrative shifts across spending categories, not just headline retail data. Category-level Awareness spikes often precede sector earnings revisions by four to six weeks as analyst coverage catches up to on-the-ground sentiment shifts. Sentiment divergences across related categories (e.g., healthcare rising, discretionary falling) can signal income-squeeze dynamics.
Key drivers
- Retail sales reports (headline and core)
- Consumer confidence surveys
- Wage growth and disposable income data
- Credit card spending and delinquency trends
- Inflation pass-through commentary and pricing power signals
Reading the Mood scale
- 0-20Severely StressedCoverage dominated by risk-aversion signals; narrative heavily skewed toward stressed conditions.
- 21-40StressedBelow-neutral conditions with cautious market positioning; optimism subdued relative to the 30-day baseline.
- 41-60StableBalanced coverage with no clear directional bias. Market is in a wait-and-see posture, awaiting a catalyst.
- 61-80ConfidentPositive momentum building in the narrative; coverage tilting toward confident catalysts and upside scenarios.
- 81-100Now · 85Very ConfidentElevated risk of mean-reversion. Watch for sentiment exhaustion signals and divergence from the Awareness score.
How to use this index
- Use the Mood score to gauge the prevailing narrative bias for Job Market at a glance.
- The Awareness score flags unusual spikes in coverage - early-warning signals that often precede price moves.
- Extreme readings (0-20 or 81-100) historically mark periods of heightened volatility and potential reversals.
- Compare across related topics to find cross-asset divergences and correlation breakdowns.
- Pro subscribers can view 3 years of history to calibrate thresholds against past market regimes.
This index is frequently referenced alongside job market sentiment, employment outlook, ai labor market, internet jobs analysis, alternative data macro - helping traders and analysts track Job Market mood shifts in real time.
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Methodology
How the index is built
Data sources, scoring and update cadence, in plain terms.
What is the Job Market index?
AI-driven analysis of employment market commentary - tracking hiring sentiment, job posting momentum, layoff risk narratives, and labor market tightness as reflected in digital discussions.
How is the Job Market index calculated?
The Job Market index is derived from AI-powered NLP analysis of thousands of online news sources, blogs, and financial commentary. Sentiment scores range from 0 (Severely Stressed) to 100 (Very Confident), where 50 represents stable conditions. Awareness scores capture the volume and breadth of coverage for this topic across the media landscape.
How often is the Job Market index updated?
The underlying data pipeline runs daily. However, the gauge and score displayed on this page reflect a processed snapshot that may be 3–24 hours behind real-time, depending on the topic's update cadence and how quickly new data clears the processing pipeline. The exact timestamp of the data shown is visible in the gauge footer - hover the info icon to see it in your local time.
Why does the gauge show data from a few hours ago?
The gauge reflects a processed data snapshot, not a live feed. Depending on the topic, displayed values can be 3–24 hours behind real-time - fast-moving topics (crypto, equities) update more frequently, while slower-cycle topics (macro, real estate, geopolitics) may have a longer lag. The precise data timestamp is always visible in the gauge footer: hover the info icon to see it in your local time.
Why use sentiment analysis?
Sentiment uses natural language processing to analyze and quantify investors' opinions, which is different from traditional indicators like volatility (VIX), volume, or price trends. This gives you an edge over others who rely solely on price-based data.
How to interpret the figures?
The gauges show the latest indicator percentiles for the last two quarters. Values above 50 mean an upward trend, while below 50 means a downward trend. A reading above 70% signals greed, and below 30% signals fear. When price and sentiment trends diverge, it's a strong sign the trend will continue.
What does awareness represent?
Besides sentiment, we also provide a measurement of awareness - an indicator of media activity expressed as a ratio of topic-dedicated data compared to the total. Values over 50 indicate an increasing media trend and growing investors' interest; less than 50 signals decreasing attention.
What is sentiment analysis and why measure it?
Sentiment analysis is a way to determine whether a piece of text is positive, negative, or neutral. It helps understand how people feel about a topic or product, which is very important for investment, revenue management, and gauging public opinion. It adds important data points to the decision process and is valuable input for many statistical and AI models.
What are some of the key data characteristics?
Raw signals are gathered from proprietary sources covering over 50,000 outlets and ingested every 15 minutes. Processed gauge readings are derived from these signals but are displayed with a delay of 3–24 hours depending on the topic - the exact data timestamp is always shown in the gauge footer. The platform includes 5 years of history, supports 72 languages, and processes over 1 million unique entries daily. Adalytica maintains over 99.5% uptime across all products and data services.
Who benefits the most from the sentiment data?
The products are widely used across various industries, including finance, real estate, cryptocurrency, commodities, and government. They provide tailored insights for tasks like tracking voter sentiment, optimizing investment strategies, or monitoring brand perception. We offer products that are tailored for both beginners and advanced data professionals.