" said Matt Peron, director of research at Janus Henderson Investors. "However, wages were stubbornly high and that's a key aspect of the report for the Fed and markets. Our concern is that policy rates will have to remain high which could pressure...
The U.S. labor market closed out 2023 in strong shape as the pace of hiring was even more powerful than expected, the Labor Department reported Friday. December'sjobs reportshowed employers added 216,000 positions for the month while the unemployment rate held at 3.7%. Payroll growth show...
February jobs report: 36,000 jobs lost, but mostly a holding pattern.(Money)(Statistical data)Scherer, Ron
February jobs report exceeds expectations U.S. companies added a better-than-expected 275,000 jobs, indicating a healthy jobs market even with the unemployment rate ticking up slightly to 3.9%. March 8, 2024 Additional Live Streams Additional Live Streams ...
Charles Payne: I am 'rooting for a big beat' in upcoming jobs report FOX Business host gives his take on the upcoming jobs report on 'Making Money.' The February jobs showed a surprising gain of 678,000 positions blowing past the 400,000 estimates. "Job growth was widespread, led by ...
African America’s February 2024 Jobs Report – 5.6% Posted onMarch 11, 2024byhbcumoney|Leave a comment OVERALL UNEMPLOYMENT: 3.9% AFRICAN AMERICA: 5.6% LATINO AMERICA: 5.0% EUROPEAN AMERICA: 3.4% ASIAN AMERICA: 3.4% Analysis: Latino and European Americans both saw no change in their unemploy...
By Paul Wiseman Published 1:15 AM GMT+8, February 4, 2023 Share WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly a year, the Federal Reserve has been on a mission to cool down the job market to help curb the nation’s worst inflation bout in four decades. The job market hasn’t been cooperating. ...
The February jobs report was widely considered to be a blockbuster, and by most accounts it was quite good, with only a few small areas of weakness.
No job sector in the Pittsburgh region was spared from job losses in February. As has been the case since the pandemic struck, the leisure and hospitality sector was hit the hardest. The sector lost about 25 percent of the jobs it provided a year ago. ...
January’s jobs report delivered a heck of a surprise when it showed the US economy had added more than half a million jobs and unemployment had dipped to a level not seen in more than five decades. But economists say they are not bracing for another blindside when the February jobs rep...