Unemployment dips to 8.1% as more people stop looking for work By Jeffry Bartash, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. economy created just 115,000 jobs in April as hiring slacked off for a second straight month, according to the government’s latest employment figures. The unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.1% from 8.2%, but the decline stemmed [...]
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The Job Market: April 2012
As I wrote last month, things are getting better, although many reading this might scratch their head reading this because they don’t believe it. Hiring in the private sector is up but state and local government jobs are being reduced (the federal government never cuts jobs except in the military). The time it takes for [...]
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U.S. gains 227,000 jobs in February
Best stretch of job growth since 2006; jobless rate remains at 8.3% he U.S. created 227,000 jobs in February and more people found work in the prior two months than initially reported, the government said Friday, suggesting the economy’s recent momentum is likely to continue. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.3% as nearly half-a-million [...]
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Mass layoffs by Texas employers down again in 2011
Mass layoffs by Texas employers down again in 2011 Austin American-Statesman The Associated Press DALLAS — The number of mass layoffs by Texas employers is at a four-year low as the sluggish economy shows signs of improvement. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Texas companies in 2011 made fewer big cuts to … [...]
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The Job Market: January 2012
Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, and his views on the job market.
“I have been blogging about the job market in the US and around the world since August 2001.”
What I write is not designed to be political or critical; it is observations and my sense of where we are and where we are going.
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New data on unemployment for metropolitan areas hint at another downturn
However, with the exception of a handful of large metropolitan areas, seasonally adjusted unemployment data across geographies were not being produced. That has now been rectified.
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U.S. September Job Openings and Labor Turnover Report (Text)
Number of jobs available in the US grows
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Obama Says Jobs Data Show Growth Is Too Slow
President Barack Obama on Friday said new data on employment in the US show the economy isn’t moving quickly,
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Unemployment rate falls but US economy remains sluggish
The household survey is used to calculate the unemployment rate but is less reliable in counting jobs data. Employment services, which include temporary help companies, added 14400 positions in the month.
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Canada October jobless rate jumps on hefty layoffs
The economy unexpectedly ditched almost all the jobs gained in September as a sluggish economy led to layoffs in manufacturing and construction,
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