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We have had a slew of jobs data ahead of Friday’s key employment situation from the Department of Labor. After ADP showed a very surprising larger jump in its payrolls projection for August, now we...
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New applications for unemployment benefits remained unchanged last week, the latest Labor Department data showed, suggesting little pickup in hiring in the United States. Initial jobless claims...
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The president of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, Sandra Pianalto, gave a speech today that pretty much sums up the recent actions taken by the FOMC, of which she is a voting member. In other...
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In a speech in Hong Kong, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans laid out his current thinking on the U.S. economy. The money quote comes in his final two sentences: I don’t think we should be in a...
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The most recent Gallup unemployment survey reported that the unadjusted U.S. unemployment rate in mid-August rose from 8.2% at the end of July to 8.3%. The polling firm’s seasonally adjusted rate...
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The report on weekly jobless claims is now out from the Labor Department, and the number of claims gained 2,000 to total 366,000. Bloomberg and Dow Jones were both looking for 365,000 for the week....
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More decent news came out of the Labor Department this Thursday as the weekly jobless claims totaled 361,000 for the past week. The only problem is that we already saw the nonfarm payrolls gains last...
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Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market rose Friday on Friday as the labor department reported that nonfarm payrolls rose by 163,000 in the month of July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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The Labor Department is back to reporting volatile data on the weekly jobless claims. We saw in recent weeks a big drop and then a big gain. Now we have a drop of 35,000, down to 353,000, for the...
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When Gallup asked people about the state of the economy this spring, as a recovery appeared to have taken hold, the polling company found “nearly half of Americans, 46%, still say the economy is in...
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The hope that the weekly jobless claims picture was getting better after last week’s surprise drop is being squashed. The Labor Department reported that weekly jobless claims rose back up into the...
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The US Department of Labor said today that the seasonally adjusted number of new claims for unemployment benefits fell by 14,000 in the week ended June 30th, from a revised total of 388,000 for the...
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It will be an unusual report and reaction this Friday when the Labor Department releases its report on unemployment and payrolls. The European Central Bank was expected to cut interest rates on...
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The Labor Department is just looking like it is not going to be source for any good news. With the employment and economic situation worsening again, it may be no real surprise. Today’s data on...
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This Thursday brought many economic reports, none of which are very good for the bulls. The bulls have another worry here as well and that is that the weakness seen here today is not really another...
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