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The Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that weekly jobless claims were 278,000 last week, more than the Bloomberg consensus estimate.
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The jobless rate in West Virginia for 2015 was 6.7%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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While it is likely to go much higher this year because of the collapse of the oil industry, North Dakota boasted the lowest 2015 unemployment rate in the United States.
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The U.S. Department of Labor reported that weekly jobless claims were at 272,000 in the week ending February 20. Its report from a week ago was 262,000. The consensus estimate from both Bloomberg and...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics may have just delivered a stunner of an inflation number.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has reported an unexpected drop in its reading on weekly jobless claims for the week ending February 13.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics report on the Producer Price Index for January is a measure of wholesale inflation based on final demand.
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The violent crime rate nationwide fell in 2014 to a rate of 365.5 incidents per 100,000 residents, the lowest it has been in decades. Crime, including murder, robbery, and other violent and...
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In 1991, homicide was the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. That year, there were 24,703 murders in the U.S., contributing to the highest violent crime rate in decades. Since the...
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released another installment of weekly jobless claims, and the report showed a much larger drop than expected.
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The U.S. unemployment rate reached 10% in October 2009, the highest since 1983, and the peak since the Great Recession ended in June 2009. Since then, unemployment has fallen steadily to its current...
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Despite the country’s unemployment rate falling below 5% in January for the first time since 2008, and the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates for the first time since 2006,...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or the JOLTS report, for the month of December.
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For Americans across the nation, housing expenses are typically the largest costs of living. Not only is a house the biggest purchase in most Americans’ lives, but also monthly rent or mortgage...
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24/7 Wall St. looked at voter turnout in all 50 states. Below are the five states with the lowest turnout ranked No. 46 through No.50, along with the methodology: 46. Texas > Voter turnout: 55.3%...
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