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ThinkstockThe markets may have been closed for two trading days this week due to the hurricane, but key economic data is still likely to be released this week from the Labor Department’s read on...
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The U.S. Labor Department is out with its weekly jobless claims report from the prior week. We would note that weekly jobless claims have been a bit skewed because of a delay in California’s claims...
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This week is a critical week for Fed watchers. Ben Bernanke and members of the Federal Reserve will start a two-day FOMC meeting. The announcement of the language and Fed guidance will come at...
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The Labor Department has released its weekly jobless claims and this week is a normalized number compared to last week’s huge artificial drop due to one large state not having their numbers...
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In the wake of the controversial 7.8% unemployment rate reported by the U.S. Labor Department earlier this month, Gallup today said that its nonseasonally adjusted rate fell from 7.9% at the end of...
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When we saw that the Labor Department reported a 30,000 drop in weekly jobless claims, the initial thought was that more suspect calculations may be involved. Then the thought that perhaps things may...
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The U.S. Labor Department has released its count on weekly jobless claims, and the report shows a stellar drop of 30,000 to 339,000. The prior week was revised higher to 369,000 from 367,000...
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Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market rose Friday following the release of the most recent jobs report showing unemployment fell to 7.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 0.55%,...
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The Labor Department is out with its weekly jobless claims as the last formal report ahead of Friday’s key unemployment and nonfarm payrolls data. Last week we saw a gain of 4,000 jobs 367,000...
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The big number of the week is of course the Labor Department’s official nonfarm payrolls additions and the unemployment report. Today came one more bit of data from ADP, which may alter or change...
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This Friday is going to be a very important employment situation report from the U.S. Labor Department. It will be the next to last unemployment report before the November presidential election. Also...
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This Thursday brought a slew of data on the economic front. We had durable goods, weekly jobless claims, and there was even a Q2 final revision for gross domestic product. The final revision for Q2...
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The U.S. Labor Department has released the latest report of weekly jobless claims. After the claims had been trending in the wrong direction in prior weeks, this preliminary claims report came out at...
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The U.S. Labor Department has released its weekly jobless claims report and it showed a gain to some 382,000 claims — that is headed the wrong way. The prior week was revised to 367,000 from a...
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Since home prices peaked in the beginning of 2006, the U.S. median home price is down by a third. And though the market has begun to show signs of bottoming out, prices are still down nationally by...
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