Top Four: Job Growth Low, But Job Losses Low Too
The BLS jobs report is out and the news is… murky? There’s growth, but not as much as expected, and employment is high, but people aren’t necessarily able to find the jobs they want. The response has...
View ArticleApril Jobs Report Sees a Big Slowdown
April’s BLS jobs report shows a big slowdown in hiring with only 160,000 new non-farm payroll jobs. It may sound funny to say “only” 160,000 jobs but it’s a huge decline from last month’s 215,000...
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May Jobs: Recession, Full Employment or Something Else?
The May jobs report dropped last Friday and it was a shocking departure from the slow and steady growth trend I’ve been writing about for months. Now, if you’ve been reading my monthly job growth...
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June Jobs Report: 287,000 New Jobs, But Unemployment Up
After a shocking May jobs report, economists, employment experts and market analysts were eagerly awaiting the June numbers, delayed a week due to the July 4th holiday. This is the first BLS jobs...
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Why Was the May Jobs Report So Bad? Job Postings Went Down
Yesterday the Bureau of Labour Statistics released the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for May and the news shouldn’t come as a surprise: job openings declined sharply to 5.5 million in...
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August Jobs Report: Let’s Talk Labour Statistics for Labour Day
The August jobs report fell short of expectations but the news wasn’t all bad. The American economy added 151,000 jobs last month — not quite the 180,000 economists predicted. Unemployment held steady...
View Article3 Important HR Issues in Last Night’s Presidential Debate
There’s a cluster of HR-related political issues that I’ve been keeping an eye throughout the Presidential primaries and now the general election campaign: immigration, job creation, parental leave...
View ArticleChristine Lagarde Talked Tech and the Economy on Facebook Live
Christine Lagarde, the IMF’s managing director, joined the Wall Street Journal today for a Facebook Live interview on the role of technology in the international economy. The interview was just the...
View ArticleThe US Economy Added 156,000 Jobs in September
September’s much anticipated jobs report is here and the news is… ok. The US economy added 156,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in September. Economists’ expectations were once again dashed — they were...
View ArticleYour Top Five January Jobs Reads
The latest Bureau of Labour Statistics Employment Situation report is out, and the numbers are neither alarming nor fantastic. 227,000 non-farm payroll jobs were added in January and the employment...
View ArticleYour Top Five January Jobs Reads
The latest Bureau of Labour Statistics Employment Situation report is out, and the numbers are neither alarming nor fantastic. 227,000 non-farm payroll jobs were added in January and the employment...
View ArticleYour Top Five January Jobs Reads
The latest Bureau of Labour Statistics Employment Situation report is out, and the numbers are neither alarming nor fantastic. 227,000 non-farm payroll jobs were added in January and the employment...
View Article5 Lessons From the March Jobs Report to Remember All Year
On Friday April 7 the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its March jobs report. At 98,000 jobs added and steep downward revisions to January and February, the report was a disappointment to market...
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