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The unemployment rate for African Americans was more than twice as high as for white Americans at the end of Q1. Hispanic Americans are still about 1.5-times as likely to be unemployed as white...
The unemployment figures for April showed that the economy added 164,000 jobs and the national unemployment rate dropped to 3.9%, a level last matched in December 2000. Yet, the unemployment rate...
The U.S. Department of Labor released its Employment Situation numbers for the month of April early on Friday.
In March, the unemployment rate remained at 4.1%. However, nearly twice as many black Americans as white Americans are unemployed.
Friday's economic reporting cycle was dominated by the employment situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Friday morning will bring the Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This number is perhaps the most widely followed for the overall strength of the jobs economy.
Employers cut more than 60,000 jobs in March, the highest monthly total in nearly two years, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The unemployment rate of black Americans was again sharply higher than among white Americans, according to the February data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The markets got their February unemployment numbers Friday morning, and they blew away expectations.
The modest level of announced job cuts by large companies in February is historic, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The markets still look closely at the ADP National Employment Report as a barometer for how strong each monthly private sector payrolls report will look.
The U.S. Department of Labor released another round of weekly jobless claims, and again it's rather low.
The economic reports on Monday were far less important compared to the jobs and wages data released on Friday, but we are getting a sense of January's U.S. services and non-manufacturing economy.
Friday's top economic report was the Employment Situation report from the U.S. Department of Labor.
ADP is forecasting another major gain in the payrolls for the month of January, which should lift expectations for Friday's formal government report.