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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsTwo bits of data were released from the Labor Department today. Weekly jobless claims is a live reading, and producer prices measuring wholesale inflation is a February...
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courtesy of USPSThere are always some interesting factoids in various industries and sectors in each monthly breakdown of the Employment Situation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Friday’s BLS...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsOK, so this is finally some rockin’ good news on the jobs front. The Labor Department is out with its key employment situation for the month of February. Due to the...
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ThinkstockThis morning brought on several key economic releases ahead of the key Friday jobs number and unemployment data from the Labor Department. The Challenger Job Cut Report came in at 55,356...
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ThinkstockThis is an unusual month because, due to a strange calendar in February, the monthly employment situation report by the U.S. Labor Department did not come on the first Friday of the month....
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department has two key reports out this Thursday. We have seen a rise in the weekly jobless claims. Consumer prices also ticked higher. Weekly jobless claims...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department may have given a disappointing uptick in the unemployment rate two weeks ago, but the weekly jobless claims picture is coming out in a...
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ThinkstockWe had two reports on the labor situation in America this Thursday. The weekly jobless claims is of course very current, while the report on worker productivity and unit labor costs is a...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department is out with its critical monthly employment situation report. Wall St. will not exactly be cheering, although the news is not exactly awful. The...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThursday brought on a slew of economic data ahead of Friday’s key unemployment and nonfarm payrolls data. The Labor Department and jobs watchers have some good news...
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Jon OggThe Conference Board’s monthly report on consumer confidence in the month of January is out, and the number is not pretty. The reading came to 58.6, which is the weakest reading in more than...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsLast week’s first solid reading on the weekly jobless claims reading is being confirmed this Thursday. The Labor Department has announced that weekly jobless fell by...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its weekly jobless claims and the news looks rather good on the surface. In fact, if this can be repeated for two more weeks, it is very likely that it...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department may be getting a new chief soon, but the weekly jobless claims report and other reports are still coming out. This past week, weekly claims were up by 4,000 to...
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Jon OggDeutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) initiated coverage today on the U.S Life Insurance industry. While they do have some Buy recommendations in the current report. their bias is decidedly bearish....
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