SC Labor Participation Still Falling
PALMETTO WORKFORCE SHRINKS AGAIN … The percentage of working age South Carolinians who are part of the labor force dipped again during the month of August,...
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September Jobs Report Misses Expectations
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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...
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...
August Jobs Report Backtracks
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THERE’S TROUBLING WAGE DATA, TOO … After back-to-back months of fairly robust job growth (in quantity, anyway), the U.S. employment situation dimmed a bit during...
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...
June Jobs Report: From Famine To Feast
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EMPLOYMENT REBOUND? The federal jobs report released last month was an unmitigated disaster – the worst print since 2010. The one released today? Quite the opposite …...
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...
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...