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Markets reacted immediately. The 10-year yield shot up to nearly 4.8% and the S&P 500 dropped sharply 1.4% Friday morning as investors priced in a longer pause from the Fed on further rate cuts ...
Friday's jobs data from December showed a hotter labor market than economists expected — which could spook investors set on a March rate cut from the Fed. But these numbers might not shake that ...
Since 1960, foreign-born immigrant women have the lowest labor market participation rate between all of the groups in the United States. [58] The groups include immigrant men and individuals born in the United States. [58] Foreign-born immigrant women participate in the labor force between 75 and 78 percent lower than native born males. [58]
Economic data out Wednesday showed the pace of hiring in the US economy continued to slow. But separate data indicated layoffs remain low, keeping the US labor market in a 'no hire, no fire' stasis.
The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. [1] These surveys have gathered information at multiple points in time on the labor market experiences and other significant life events of several groups of men and women. [2]
A graph of the United States Employment Cost Index from 2001 to August 2018. The employment cost index (ECI) is a quarterly economic series detailing the changes in the costs of labor for businesses in the United States economy. The ECI is prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in the U.S. Department of Labor.
The US labor market just finished a year that many thought would see a recession with one of the highest 12-month job totals seen in the last decade.. Including an unexpectedly strong December ...
CBO issued a report in February 2014 analyzing the causes for the slow labor market recovery following the 2007–2009 recession. CBO listed several major causes: "To a large degree, the slow recovery of the labor market reflects the slow growth in the demand for goods and services, and hence gross domestic product (GDP).