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When Will The US Unemployment Rate Hit 6.5%?
The FOMC has indicated that it will continue to employ ZIRP (and likely QE) as long as the U.S. unemployment rate is above 6.5% and inflation remains under 2.5%. A...
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The US Employment Situation, April 2013
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports in its employment situation release this morning that +165k jobs were added in April. This is better than what economists expected for the month and better than March’s extremely upward...
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ADP Predicts +119k New Payrolls In April, Slowest Growth Since September
ADP reports this morning in its ADP employment release that the private sector added +119k jobs in April. This reading follows a revised reading of +131k new jobs in March,...
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In March, The Unemployment Rate Was Up In 8 States Compared To A Year Ago
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports in its regional and state employment release that the unemployment rate decreased in 26 states and the District of Columbia in March, 17...
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Who Works And Who Doesn’t
People seem to continually struggle with the concept of the labor force participation rate. If it goes up or down, it isn’t always necessarily a good or bad thing. Demographics...
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The US Employment Situation, March 2013
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports in its employment situation release this morning that +88k jobs were added in March. This month’s payrolls print is a significant decrease from February’s revised reading of +268k, and is...
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ADP Sees 158k Jobs Added In March
ADP reports in its ADP employment release that +158k private payrolls were added in March. This is a decrease from the revised reading of +237k payrolls in February, and is...
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Unemployment Remains The Same Or Worse Than A Year Ago In 13 States
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports in its regional and state employment release that 22 states had unemployment rate decreases in February. Of the remaining states, 12 states had...
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Unemployment Is Down In 40 States From A Year Ago
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports in its regional and state employment release that in January the unemployment rate increased in 25 states and the District of Columbia. Of...









