Matt O'Brien
When the Labor Department first reported employment figures for last January, its month-over-month net total was a mere 49,000 jobs. After revisions, the government said January's gain came to 233,000 jobs, more than quadruple the original reading. Something similar happened the next month. T...
Hiring likely remained healthy last month. Economists expect the March jobs report, out Friday, to show that employers added nearly 193,000 jobs and that the unemployment dipped to 3.8%, according to a survey of forecasters by the data firm FactSet....
These revised numbers are closely correlated with the revised BLS jobs report.3 The Department of Labor also releases a weekly jobless claims report. This measures the claims for initial unemployment benefits reported by each state every week. It also says how many of the unemployed are still ...
When the Labor Department releases its jobs report for September on Friday, it is expected to show that employers added 143,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate remained at a low 4.2%, according to a survey of forecasters by the data firm FactSet. ...
1 Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June ,along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news. And they were right. For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace. We still have a long way to go to...
WASHINGTON, May 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. employers added 428,000 jobs in April amid tight labor market, with the unemployment rate unchanged at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Friday. Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, in manufacturing, and ...
Labor Department- the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 Department of Labor,DoL,Labor executive department- a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States ...
The US Labor Department said Qatar had undertaken a number of labour reforms in preparation for hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Qatar, US ink pact for joint action on labour reforms "This month's strong jobs report exceeded expectations, with 312,000 jobs added in December and, adding upwar...
In the week ending April 30, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 19,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised level of 181,000, according to a report released by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). ...