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A weaker-than-expected jobs report on Friday fueled concern about a potential economic recession and calls for an interest rate cut. Employers hired 114,000 workers last month, falling well short ...
"May payrolls were well above expectations, but households reported a significant loss of jobs. The report today continues to point to a soft landing for the economy and should keep market ...
But July’s report was only about half that figure. Health care led the way with 55,000 new jobs in July, while construction employment added 25,000 people to payrolls. Information Services saw ...
Retail added 43,000, bouncing back from disappointing holiday hires in November. The public sector added 33,000 jobs; leisure and hospitality, which includes restaurants and bars, 43,000; and ...
The U.S. added 559,000 in May and the unemployment rate declined by 0.3 percentage point to 5.8% -- a sigh of relief following April's dismal numbers, but still below expectations. See: Are There ...
In the October report, the BLS estimated that 254,000 jobs were created in September, but that number could vary by as much as 130,000. The actual number of jobs added could be as high as nearly ...
The federal government routinely revises economic data, but it rarely makes a correction as large as it did on Wednesday, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported America’s economy created ...
The largest job increases in Friday's report were in healthcare, which added 68,000 jobs in May. Meanwhile, government employment added 43,000 jobs, and leisure and hospitality added 42,000 jobs.