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A Very Pleasant Payrolls and Unemployment Surprise for April

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 8:45 am

The Labor Department is out with the April Employment Situation Report, and it is a report that the market will view positively. Some are going to question the unemployment rate ...
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ADP and TrimTabs Foreshadow Poor April Payrolls and Unemployment for Friday

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 9:15 am

We already warned ahead of the number that the first-quarter gross domestic product would come in well under estimates. Now we have a setup for a weaker-than-expected April payrolls and ...
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Employment Costs Rise Less Than Expected in First Quarter

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 9:00 am

The U.S. Employment Cost Index in the first quarter of 2013 is looking very tame, and the so-called wage inflation is running very low. The Labor Department showed that the ...
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March State Unemployment Shows Some Weak Regions

Posted: April 22, 2013 at 6:58 am

The recession is not over in several states where unemployment remained well above 9% in March. Against a national rate of 7.6%, these states are locked at levels that still ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Report Sets Up Weaker Payrolls Expectations

Posted: April 4, 2013 at 8:52 am

The U.S. Labor Department is out with its final report ahead of Friday's key Employment Situation report. Weekly jobless claims rose handily and well above expectations. Last week's figure rose ...
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ADP Data Brings Lower Expectations for Payrolls and Unemployment Friday

Posted: April 3, 2013 at 8:35 am

We already saw a less robust outlook from TrimTabs showing that estimated job growth for March was 156,000. That was up from its 100,000 job growth February estimate, but the ...
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Employment Continues to Rise — Slowly

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 12:05 pm

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today released its data on state and regional unemployment for January. Compared with December data, unemployment rates rose in 25 states and the ...
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TrimTabs Cautious on Jobs Growth Ahead of Unemployment Report

Posted: October 31, 2012 at 8:07 am

The markets may have been closed for two trading days this week due to the hurricane, but key economic data is still likely to be released this week from the ...
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Jobs and Workers: Which is the Chicken and Which is the Egg?

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 7:50 am

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says that the country’s labor force is growing at a rate of about 0.9% annually. That’s half the growth rate of the period ...
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Jobs Growth Numbers Well Below Consensus

Posted: April 6, 2012 at 8:39 am

The US economy added only 120,000 jobs in March--a huge disappointment. Most consensus forecasts were for 210,000. There had been a concern that improved hiring over the last five months ...
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The Worst Stock Market Collapses Since The Great Depression

Posted: August 12, 2011 at 6:07 am

Stock markets matter, and Americans should be concerned about severe market downturns. If you disagree, consider this: There have been eight major bear markets since the start of the Great ...
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The States With The Strongest and Weakest Unions

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 4:45 am

The size of American labor unions has fallen sharply in the last decade. Much of this has to do with the erosion of the US manufacturing base. The single best ...
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American Labor Cuts Its Own Throat, Again

Posted: January 24, 2011 at 5:24 am

New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the number of union members in the US dropped by 12.3% last year. Union members are now only 11.9% of ...
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Foreclosures Worsen In 75% Of Major Metro Areas In First Half

Posted: July 29, 2010 at 5:13 am

RealtyTrac, a leading real estate research firm, reports that foreclosures in 75% of metro areas rose in the first half, another sign that the housing market never recovered from the ...
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