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Conference Board Confirms Solid Jobs Data, but Warns of Sequestration

Posted: March 11, 2013 at 10:25 am

The Conference Board has released its monthly Employment Trends Index for the month of February, and it very much confirms the strength seen in Friday's nonfarm and private sector payrolls ...
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U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls, Job Numbers Rise

Posted: December 7, 2012 at 8:44 am

Figuring out what today’s data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) really means probably will have to wait until next month. November nonfarm payrolls showed an increase of 146,000 ...
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October Unemployment and Payrolls Come in Pleasantly, with Less Controversy

Posted: November 2, 2012 at 8:39 am

After a highly controversial drop in the unemployment rate to 7.8% from 8.1% in September, we now have the October unemployment rate announcement from the Labor Department. The official unemployment ...
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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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ADP’s August Payrolls Data Looks Like a Shocker

Posted: September 6, 2012 at 8:28 am

Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NASDAQ: ADP) has stunned the markets with its projected private payrolls gains this morning. The number is meant to preempt the official Labor Department's report on ...
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Weak US Job Growth Points to More Action from the Federal Reserve

Posted: July 6, 2012 at 9:34 am

This morning’s data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that employment grew by just 80,000 jobs in June, and that the US unemployment rate remained steady at 8.2%. ...
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Outlook for Unemployment and Payrolls: Hoping for a Surprise

Posted: July 5, 2012 at 6:11 am

It will be an unusual report and reaction this Friday when the Labor Department releases its report on unemployment and payrolls. The European Central Bank was expected to cut interest ...
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TrimTabs Previews Jobs Creation

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 7:48 am

TrimTabs Investment Research has released its March employment data showing that the United States added 187,000 jobs in March.  This is above the 172,000 average of each of the prior ...
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Solid Employment Gains Slashing Unemployment Ahead of Fed Schedule

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 8:38 am

There was a huge surprise from the Labor Department this morning to the upside.  The non-farm payrolls grew by a whopping 243,000 and that was far higher than almost all ...
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ADP Jobs Data Supports Higher Non-Farm Payroll Gains Outlook

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 8:27 am

ADP is out with its pre-unemployment data for the month of January.  The effort aims to front-run the Labor Department's non-Farm Payrolls projections.  The new report from ADP is predicting ...
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ADP Jobs Data Calls For Another Big Jobs Gain… Wrong Yet Again?

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 8:24 am

ADP is out with its monthly jobs report and this can still move the market.  The problem is that the data can be opposite of the truth or just off ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Versus Unemployment Reading

Posted: March 31, 2011 at 8:40 am

Weekly jobless claims from the US Labor Department are not likely to have much market impact this morning despite the pending unemployment report for March due Friday morning.  The weekly ...
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Unemployment/Payrolls Should Influence Voters Next Month

Posted: October 8, 2010 at 8:39 am

The Labor Department is out with the latest round of bad news on unemployment and the change in non-Farm Payrolls data for September.  September's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.6%.  ...
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