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thinkstockMost federal debt and deficit forecasts, whether from the White House Office of Management and Budget or the Congressional Budget Office, show America’s situation as greatly improved five...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsIn June, the nation added 195,000 jobs and the rate was 7.6%. The number may have been luck more than skill. Hospitality and leisure jobs rose 75,000. The start of...
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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 195,000 in June, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in leisure...
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June Employment Up 195,000 — 7.6% Rate The #1 Thing to Do Before You Claim Social Security (Sponsor) Choosing the right (or wrong) time to claim Social Security can dramatically change your...
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ThinkstockGallup’s June Job Creation Index remained equal to May’s reading of 22, the highest level since April 2008. The index for nongovernment jobs rose from a reading of 24 in May to 25 in...
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ThinkstockIn a tracking survey that estimates the percentage of the U.S. population employed at least 30 hours a week, Gallup reports that the payroll-to-population (P2P) employment rate rose from...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsNew claims for unemployment benefits fell from 348,000 to 343,000 last week, according to the weekly report from the U.S. Department of Labor. The consensus estimate...
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ThinkstockU.S. private employers added 188,000 new jobs in the month of June, according to today’s report from ADP. That is significantly better than the revised total of 134,000 in May and better...
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ThinkstockThe number of jobs cut in the first six months of this year total 258,932, according to the latest report from outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas. The total is 8.5% lower...
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Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe Labor Department report on Friday is going to be a very interesting. Investors and traders, and the public for that matter, have to worry about the real...
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ThinkstockThe storm of equity selling that followed the June meeting of the FOMC has brought out the troops (Fed presidents mainly) to clear up what Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke meant when he said that...
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ThinkstockFrance’s stat operation INSEE reported that French consumer confidence cratered in June. The region’s second largest economy may not be in as much trouble as Italy or Spain, but its...
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ThinkstockThere is a debate, based on official government figures, private assessments and forecasts, about whether Germany is one of the few large nations in the world that has entered a true...
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ThinkstockAnxiety about whether people can get good jobs remains particularly high, despite the so-called end of the recession in many parts of the world. It should be expected that the data from...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department is showing that weekly jobless claims are headed in the wrong direction. Just a day after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was interpreted as cutting...
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