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The August unemployment rate fell from 5.3% in July to 5.1%, its lowest level in seven years.
Friday's unemployment reading will be one of the last big-data economic reports that the Federal Open Market Committee has before its two-day meeting starting September 16 to decide whether to raise...
The U.S. Department of Labor reported that weekly jobless claims fell by 6,000 to 271,000 in the past week.
Jobless claims rose 4,000 last week to 277,000. This is the fourth straight week with claims ticking higher, but it is still at very low historic levels.
thinkstock.comRacial segregation in U.S. neighborhoods has declined over the past several decades but it remains very high. Meanwhile, residential segregation by income has risen sharply from the...
he Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported the Producer Price Index for final demand in July.
With China devaluing its currency, the fears will be brought up all over again about global deflation being exported from the world's largest manufacturing destination.
The U.S. Department of Labor has released its reading on weekly jobless claims for the first week of August.
Despite a one-month lag, the JOLTS report gives a very clear and concise insider's eye view of the real workings inside the jobs market.
Nonfarm productivity managed to post a small gain in the second quarter of 2015. While that gain was smaller than expected, there may be some relief here that productivity went back up.
thinkstock.comThe U.S. labor market has improved considerably since the depths of the recession in 2009. However, traditional measures of the labor market may not always tell the full story. Despite...
U.S. Department of Labor's employment situation report came and went, with the numbers almost dead on with estimates.
The U.S. Department of Labor said jobless claims came in at 270,000 last week, a little less than the Bloomberg consensus estimate.
With all eyes looking out for this Friday's employment situation report from the U.S. Department Labor, economists and investors alike are searching for any hints they can find regarding how the...
ThinkstockThe Labor Department data which show that wages and benefits only grew .2% in the June quarter, served as a reminder of the struggle Americans have to make to simply keep pace with the cost...