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Employment Situation, August 2017
The Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its monthly Employment Situation for August on schedule at 8:30 edt this morning. For the first time in a while, the results were mildly disappointing, in that:...
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Employment Situation, July 2017
This morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest monthly installment of its Employment Situation report, a long-standing series that monitors the state of the labor market in the US. The...
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Employment Situation, June 2017
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Employment Situation report for June this morning at 8:30 edt. The report was a strong one, indicating that the economy added +222,000 new jobs during the...
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Employment Situation, May 2017
As usual, at 8:30 edt this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department released its monthly Employment Situation. The May results were ok, but not great. The economy added 138,000...
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Employment Situation, April 2017
Happy Cinco de Mayo! I’ll finish my value investing comment on Monday. This morning, as usual, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department released its monthly Employment Situation report....
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Employment Situation, March 2017
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly Employment Situation report earlier this morning. With an addition of +98,000 jobs, the figures were a little more than half the rate of gain or...
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Employment Situation, January 2017
This morning at 8:30 est, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department issued its monthly Employment Situation report for January 2017. The important parts, in my view: on the positive side —...
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Employment Situation, December 2016
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department issued its monthly Employment Situation this morning at 8:30 est. According to the release, the economy gained 156,000 new jobs in December, more...
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The Employment Situation, November 2016
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department released its monthly Employment Situation report at 8:30 est this morning, as usual. The results were good. 178,000 net new positions were...
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Employment Situation, October 2016
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department issued its monthly Employment Situation earlier today. The results were not spectacular, but they were good: –the economy added +161,000 new jobs...
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the Employment Situation, September 2016
At 8:30 edt this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released monthly Employment Situation report for September. The ES estimates the US economy created +156,000 new positions last month. While...
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Employment Situation, August 2016
This morning at 8:30 edt the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department released its monthly Employment Situation. This was a so-so report. The economy added +151,000 new jobs last month....
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Employment Situation, July 2016
This morning at 8:30 edt, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department released its monthly Employment Situation report for July. The numbers were strong. The economy created +255,000 new...
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Employment Situation for June 2016
Mutual funds on Monday. Today’s post is about the blowout jobs number reported this morning. At the usual time, 8:30 am edt, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department released its monthly...
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labor force participation in the US
A little more than a week ago, the government released a report by the President’s Council of Economic Advisers on the declining labor force participation among prime-age men. “Prime-age” is defined...
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the weak May Employment Situation report
the Employment Situation Last Friday morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department released its monthly Employment Situation report for May. The numbers were weak. –According to the...
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employment and retirement
simple math about retirees in the US Let’s suppose the average American goes to work full-time at age 20 and retires at age 65. If employees are distributed equally by age, then 2.2% of the workforce...
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employment and the March 2016 jobs report
Last Friday, as usual, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department published its monthly Employment Situation for March 2016. The report said the economy added 215,00o new positions last...
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the February 2016 Employment Situation
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly Employment Situation report at 8:30est this morning. The highlights: –job gains for February came in at +242,000 new positions –December and January...
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the January 2016 Employment Situation
Earlier this morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Department released its monthly Employment Situation report for January. job growth The ES indicates that the economy added a net...
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