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Money & The Economy
U.S. Adds 165,000 Jobs in October as Unemployment Falls to 4.1%
Nonfarm payrolls rose 165,000 in October, far above forecasts near 59,000, while the unemployment rate edged down to 4.1% and…
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Money & The Economy
Jobless Claims Fall to 189,000, a 57-Year Low, as Q3 Productivity Surges 3.6%
Initial unemployment claims dropped 6,000 to 189,000 for the week ended Oct. 31, matching mid-July's low and the lowest level…
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Job Openings Jump to 7.5 Million in September, Far Above Forecasts
U.S. employers posted 7.52 million job openings in September, up 333,000 from August and well above forecasts, while quits rose…
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Money & The Economy
Paychecks Lose Ground to Inflation Again as Wage Growth Slows to 2021 Low
Wages rose 3.1% over the past year, the slowest since early 2021, while inflation-adjusted pay fell 0.6% and health insurance…
Read More » Worker Pay Rate Under Trump Presidency Hits Highest Level Since 2008
The employment cost index rose 2.8 percent for the second quarter, the biggest increase since the third quarter of 2008…
Read More »June Unemployment = Cold Porridge
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the monthly employment situation for June this morning and a mixed top line almost hides…
Read More »BLS June 2015 Employment Situation Report [Full Text]
Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-15-1274 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, July 2, 2015 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION…
Read More »Unemployment rate rises to 8.3% – again
The Bureau of Labor Statistics carefully wordsmithed today’s release of the July Employment Situation Report which showed that unemployment has…
Read More »First Time Unemployment Drops Again… But…
Like many I look forward to seeing the unemployment numbers released by the Department of Labor each Thursday morning. These…
Read More »81,000 More Americans Out of Work in May – Analysis and Graphs
“The jobs recovery has taken a step backward,” – Patrick O’Keefe, former deputy assistant secretary for the Labor Department. While…
Read More »8.6% Unemployment is NOT Good News
To read the first paragraph of the Bureau of Labor statistics one might think that the jobs situation in the…
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