ThinkstockPerhaps living in the seat of the federal government has one large advantage — how well people are paid. Since Maryland does well by the same measure, the benefits may spread miles beyond the…
This week's report from Department of Labor was disappointing. Sure, the official unemployment rate dipped to 6.6%. That was in-line with expectations, but it truly feels like skewed data when you look at the…
The verdict is in. Friday's release from the Department of Labor showed that nonfarm payrolls grew by 113,000. Bloomberg was calling for 181,000 and Dow Jones was calling for 189,000.
ThinkstockFor decades, economists have counted 5% unemployment as the sign of a healthy and fully recovered economy. The U.S. jobless rate remains so far from that number, one could fairly ask if it can…
ThinkstockWednesday’s ADP Private Sector Payrolls report showed a gain of 175,000 in January. Dow Jones was calling for 189,000 and Bloomberg was calling for 170,000. While there has to be some merit to the…
January and February have put the stock market in question for 2014. After three series of major economic releases were handily under expectations in the United States, the issues overseas are mounting. Now all…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department reported a surge in weekly jobless claims during the past week. Bloomberg had been calling for almost no change at 327,000, but the rate rose by 19,000 to 348,000. Last…
The U.S. Labor Department is out with its take on weekly jobless claims, and the numbers are still coming in at levels conducive to better jobs figures than what was reported for December. It…
The Labor Department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover report for November showed that job openings in America had reached 4 million, nearly a six-year high.
ThinkstockLast Friday’s bomb of a report from the U.S. Labor Department has not exactly gone away. This took up perhaps more than it should have of weekend conversation time. In fact, the report seemed so far…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department’s report on the Employment Situation for December is turning out to be a disaster, and the unemployment rate itself seems more than confusing. This report has all…
This week marks a very important week for the jobs picture in America due to unemployment and nonfarm payrolls coming out on Friday. Now we have the Labor Department’s last real number before that…
The ADP Payrolls report is not always an exact indication of the Labor Situation report on payrolls from the U.S. Labor Department each month, but investors, traders and speculators do generally use it for…
ThinkstockIn much of late-2013, investors wanted to see economic reports which showed small growth which was too small to keep the Fed from lifting its quantitative easing measures. Then the markets rallied handily when…
ThinkstockEvery year, the Chronicle of Higher Education puts out its list of the compensation of 550 presidents at America’s private colleges. Forty-two of them made more than $1 million in 2011, the latest year…