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Among the groups that continue to have a high unemployment rate is black Americans, where the rate has lingered around 9% for many months.
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The August unemployment rate fell from 5.3% in July to 5.1%, its lowest level in seven years.
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Thinkstock Some occupations are better positioned to capitalize on economic, demographic, and workplace trends than others. From 2005 through 2014, for example, employment of service unit operators...
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Thinkstock The economic recession of the last decade decimated the U.S. labor market, with millions of Americans losing their jobs. To this day, many occupations remain below their pre-recession...
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New claims for unemployment benefits rose by 12,000 in the week ending August 29, according to the weekly report from the U.S. Department of Labor released Thursday morning.
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The Challenger, Gray & Christmas job cuts report for August indicates that layoffs declined by more than 60% after reaching a new four-year high in July.
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Wednesday morning, TrimTabs estimated that the U.S. economy added some 241,000 jobs during August.
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The ADP National Employment Report is often used as a preliminary barometer for the BLS unemployment and payrolls report.
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The Paychex IHS Small Business Jobs Index is not a full preview of the key unemployment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but some economists use it as a preliminary guide for directional...
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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.
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U.S. Department of Labor's employment situation report came and went, with the numbers almost dead on with estimates.
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Based on recent government numbers, 9.6% of black Americans and 18.5% of people 16 to 19 years old were unemployed.
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As U.S. unemployment falls toward 5% and the economy adds close to 200,000 jobs a month, the recovery remains extremely uneven, with two states at or above 7%.
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The U.S. Department of Labor said jobless claims came in at 270,000 last week, a little less than the Bloomberg consensus estimate.
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Challenger, Gray & Christmas has released its monthly job cuts for July, and it is ugly. The last time more job cuts were announced was back in September 2011.
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