Recent jobs data from the Department of Labor reported that US employers added solid 161,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent. With the focus being on the overall Unemployment rate we often neglect to remember th[...]
By
Jonathan Gross
Posted October 7, 2016
September 2016 Jobs Report
As election season draws to an end, the American economy is cruising right along despite some charged campaign rhetoric. It will be interesting to see how the candidates put their opposing spins on thi[...]
By
Jonathan Gross
Posted September 9, 2016
August Jobs Report
"Job growth in August was respectable though not spectacular," says Harry Holzer, a Georgetown University professor, and former chief economist at the U.S. Labor Department.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 151,000 in August, and[...]