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138,000 jobswere created in May, falling well below the expectations, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, its lowest mark since 2001. The U6 rate fell to 8.4%, a number that includes those not actively looking for jobs as well as tho[...]
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By
Jonathan Gross
Posted June 6, 2017
Unemployment Rate & Jobs Added/Lost in the US for Month Ending May 2017
By
Jonathan Gross
Posted May 9, 2017
Unemployment Rate & Jobs Added/Lost in the US for Month Ending April 2017
The headlining numbers from the April Jobs report were very strong. The economy added 211,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 4.4%, the lowest number in more than a decade. Average hourly earning rose by 0.3%. Job creat[...]
By
Jonathan Gross
Posted November 7, 2016
October Unemployment Numbers by State
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[...]