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When Department of Labor releases its report on nonfarm payrolls, private sector payrolls and unemployment for the month of May, it could greatly skew the bias of when the Federal Reserve tightens...
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The U.S. Department of Labor showed that jobless claims fell to 278,000 in the week ending May 14.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released its April inflation reading at the consumer level. Tuesday’s report was the Consumer Price Index (CPI), came in at 0.4% on the headline report. Reuters...
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Thursday's economic reports might have included a very disappointing weekly jobless claims report, but we have now also seen a mixed report on import and export price trends in the month of April.
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Weekly jobless claims posted a serious jump in the week ending May 7, bringing the figure closer to that old 300,000 weekly norm.
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Each month brings a new unemployment and payrolls report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Each one of those is followed by the so-called JOLTS report — this is the Job Openings and Labor...
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Friday's key payrolls report is one of the biggest reports watched by traders, investors and economic watchers. The news on the jobs front has remained solid so far.
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There has been a saying for years that productivity competes with unemployment — and productivity is down.
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If there is one economic report that is used each month as a barometer for the direction of the payrolls and unemployment report from the U.S. Department of Labor, it is the ADP payrolls report.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that weekly jobless claims came in at 257,000 for the week of April 23.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has delivered another round of weekly jobless claims, and the numbers were much better than expected.
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The unemployment rate in March in California was more than 5%. Because the state's labor force is so large, that was more than a million people out of work.
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Following an unexpectedly negative Producer Price Index for March, the Consumer Price Index also showed that consumer inflation was weaker than expected for the month.
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This week the economic calendar will bring two readings on the inflation/deflation front: producer prices and consumer prices. Both reports measure prices paid and are released by the U.S. Department...
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued in March a split vote on a decision that, if passed, would have prevented public sector unions from requiring non-union government workers to pay union fees. This split...
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