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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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The employment report for May is due on Friday from the Labor Department, and the first views of the tally may be a weak. TrimTabs has data out this morning projecting that only 124,000 jobs were...
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We are seeing some caution in Durable Goods for April this morning, while the weekly jobless claims held very little surprise either way. Durable Goods looks in line with estimates on the surface,...
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The three states with the highest unemployment rates in April were Nevada (11.7%), Rhode Island (11.2%), and California (10.9%). The three states with the lowest rates were North Dakota (3%),...
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According to its latest survey, Gallup reports that the unadjusteUS unemployment rate fell from 8.3% in April to 8.2% in mid-May. The research firm’ mid-month survey on unemployment has tracked...
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The U.S. Labor Department has reported that weekly jobless claims came in unchanged from the prior week at 370,000. The prior week’s reading was revised from a preliminary report of 367,000 up to...
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The U.S. Labor Department has turned in its weekly jobless claims data and the report is pretty much in-line with expectations but is still not indicative of any great jobs recovery right now. ...
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The Labor Department is out with its report on the labor situation for April and the report is going to raise some eyebrows. The official unemployment rate mysteriously came in 8.1% versus 8.2% in...
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The Labor Department is out with its report on weekly jobless claims and it is looking like the weekly claims will be heading back in the right direction if today’s reading is not just a blip....
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The market better get ready for a low reading on the jobs front this Friday when it comes to payrolls. There are two very weak readings which are going to sour the expectation, one from ADP and one...
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The Labor Department has reported another weak figure in the weekly jobless claims, and this may sour the tone for next week’s unemployment report. Jobless claims fell by an adjusted 1,000 to...
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All of the great jobs gains may have peaked if the Labor Department’s report on weekly jobless claims is going to remain static. While the official figure of claims is down by 2,000 for the last...
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The Labor Department’s report on weekly jobless claims may have the caveat that Easter was earlier but it is ugly on the surface. The weekly jobless claims rose 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted...
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In a speech this morning in Syracuse, New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley told an audience of local business leaders that while the US economy is doing better, “real economic activity...
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The U.S. Labor Department is out with its report on weekly jobless claims for the prior week. Today’s report is unlikely to change the unemployment and payrolls projections due tomorrow. The...
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