September Jobs Report Misses Expectations
WORRISOME SURGE IN PART-TIMERS, TOO … The U.S. economy created only 156,000 new jobs during the month of September – below analysts’ expectation of a...
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US Employment Estimates Lowered
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GOVERNMENT KILLS 150,000 JOBS … With the stroke of a pen, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) killed 150,000 jobs this week. Ouch, right? According...
Palmetto Labor Participation Rate Slips Further
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SOUTH CAROLINA WORKFORCE IS SHRINKING AGAIN … The percentage of South Carolina’s working age population that’s participating in the labor force dipped again in July...
Government Admits It Rigs GDP Growth
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“FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT” ISN’T WORKING … So you think the economic growth America has witnessed over the last decade-and-a-half has been weak? Imagine how...
Jobs Disaster: Worst Print Since 2010
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LABOR FORCE IMPLOSION … The U.S. economy produced a dismal 38,000 jobs in May, according to data released this week by the Bureau of Labor...
More Troubling Jobs Data
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INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS ON THE RISE … Looks like there could be more bad news where April’s anemic jobs report came from … According to data...
April 2016 Jobs Report: Swing And A Miss
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RECESSION FEARS REINFORCED The U.S. economy created a paltry 160,000 jobs during the month of April, according to data (.pdf here) released by the Bureau...
March Jobs Report: Better News
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STILL, STORM CLOUDS LINGER ON ECONOMIC HORIZON … The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its March 2016 jobs report on Friday – boasting...
Inside The January Jobs "Whiff"
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TROUBLING JOBS REPORT UNDERSCORES WEAKNESS OF ECONOMY’S “FUNDAMENTALS” The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its latest jobs data this week (.pdf here) … with...
Boffo Jobs!
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BIG EMPLOYMENT GAIN … BUT IS IT ALL ABOUT HIKING INTEREST RATES? Just when it appeared the U.S. economy was hanging on by the thinnest...