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The U.S. economy added 164,000 jobs in July, and the headline unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7%.
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When investors and economists see that the Consumer Price Index barely rose in May, they probably want to shrug, even if prices for the shelter and food indexes increased.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has confirmed that hiring hit a serious wall in May. But there is some data that may skew some of the payroll views.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its monthly unemployment numbers by state. Three states had their lowest ever jobless rates in April.
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If you were expecting a weak jobs report, this was the wrong first Friday of the month for you. U.S. Department of Labor says payrolls increased more than expected in April.
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It looks like the fears about the jobs market might have been misguided. The March payrolls gains were strong enough to support better growth without tipping the Federal Reserve's hand in either...
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While the jobs market remains strong, there are some signals out there that the robust jobs market of the past two years is finally starting to see the beginnings of cooling off.
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Economists worry that the country added only 20,000 jobs in February, well below the rate over the past two years. And the numbers do not really reflect how many Americans don't have jobs.
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Some reports from the U.S. Department of Labor show stronger than expected monthly payroll gains, while others do not. The case for February was the latter.
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In the Federal Reserve's endless quest to raise interest rates in the past two years, one of the big concerns with a strong economy and with better wage growth was that inflation might get out of...
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It turns out that the jobs market can keep improving. In the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey indicated that the number of job openings reached a new record high in December.
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The jobs market continues to be strong. Government shutdown or not, this looked like a big report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for January's employment situation.
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Lost manufacturing jobs have a wide-ranging effect on employment in other sectors according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.
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In December, the unemployment rate was 3.9% nationwide, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, in ten states, it was much lower than that, dropping below 3% in each one...
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The Department of Labor reported that the Producer Price Index for final demand fell more than expected in December.
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