The U.S. Labor Department had more good news on the economic front, as the (seasonally adjusted) number of people filing for unemployment dropped to 444,000 last week (ending May 15). That’s a decrease of 34,000 from the (revised) number of workers filing a claim the...
How is U.S. employment stacking up? It depends on who you ask. The U.S. Labor Department announced Friday (July 7) that the country added 222,000 jobs in June, far surpassing Wall Street estimates of 175,000. But data from ADP and Moody’s Analytics found 158,000 jobs...
July 10, 2017
How is U.S. employment stacking up? It depends on who you ask. The U.S. Labor Department announced Friday (July 7) that the country added 222,000 jobs in June, far surpassing Wall Street estimates of 175,000. But data from ADP and Moody’s Analytics found 158,000 jobs added in June, missing earlier expectations of 185,000 added jobs. […]
May 04, 2023
U.S. unemployment claims climbed last week — as did the cost of labor — as productivity fell. That’s according to government data released Thursday (May 4,) which showed applications for unemployment benefits — widely seen as an indicator of layoffs — rose by 13,000 for the week ending April 29, to 242,000, according to the […]
May 20, 2021
The U.S. Labor Department had more good news on the economic front, as the (seasonally adjusted) number of people filing for unemployment dropped to 444,000 last week (ending May 15)....
