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Well, there is no real data inside of the payrolls and unemployment report for the conspiracy theorists to run wild with as the last serious economic report ahead of the election.
Now we have two readings on the services economy that are weaker to less positive ahead of Friday's key payrolls report.
According to the Labor Department, the weekly jobless claims were higher than expected in the week ending October 29.
The week of October 28 brought two fresh reads on manufacturing and the non-manufacturing sector, which were stronger than expected — but not in the underlying employment data.
Every Thursday brings a new report on initial jobless claims from the U.S. Department of Labor. There was a slight dip in the week ending October 22, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The U.S. Labor Department has released another report showing weekly jobless claims, and we saw a more substantial gain than we have become used to seeing in recent weeks and months.
The jobless claims data continues to look stellar, but the rest of the core readings show a jobs market that is far less robust than it was just a few months ago.
The sequential rise in import prices for September was led by higher fuel prices, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported yet another weekly jobless claims decline. This marked 84 consecutive weeks in which initial claims were less than 300,000.
If you have been following the Labor Department's monthly payrolls and unemployment reports, you probably realized that the endless strength of the jobs market is now looking a bit less strong.
Sometimes it is best to reflect on economic numbers a couple of days after the fact. Friday’s unemployment and payrolls report from the Department of Labor showed that nonfarm payrolls rose by...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate ticked up in September due to a rise in workers and the size of the labor force.
This week’s economic news is likely to turn toward Hurricane Matthew on Friday, but the broader economic reading on the Employment Situation from the Department of Labor is going to likely be the...
A fresh report from the Freelancers Union now shows that nearly 55 million Americans are freelancing. If you tally this up against Labor Department data, it means more than a third of the work force...
The U.S. Department of Labor's data keep showing that weekly jobless claims are moving lower and lower. Obviously this is indicative of a rather strong labor market.