Aug 30, 2018 | Hiring, News
Americans applying for unemployment benefits each week has hit a new low in late August that by one measure is the lowest level since 1969. Initial jobless claims rose by 3,000 to 213,000 in the seven days from Aug. 19 to Aug. 25. Economists polled by MarketWatch had...
Aug 10, 2018 | Hiring, News
U.S. hiring cooled in July after more-robust gains than previously reported, while the unemployment rate slipped back below 4 percent and wage increases remained subdued, reinforcing a picture of steady labor-market growth in line with the Federal Reserve’s...
Jul 6, 2018 | Hiring, News
The U.S. economy added 213,000 jobs in the month of June though the unemployment increased to 4%. The reason for the rise in the unemployment rate is due to the increase in the amount of people joining the labor force in June. Wages rose by 0.2% in June over May. The...
Jun 4, 2018 | Hiring, News
The May 2018 Employment Situation brought more good news to the US Economy. Job creation came in at 230,000, ahead by 40,000 from most analysts’ predictions. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.8% in the month of May, which is the lowest the unemployment rate has been...
Apr 17, 2018 | Hiring, News
For March 2018, Wall Street anticipated that 193,000 jobs would be added, however, only 103,000 jobs were identified as the actual gain. Analysts concur that the focus should remain on the big picture, which is that “the job market is widely regarded to be close to...
Mar 12, 2018 | Hiring, News
On Friday, the BLS reported that 313,000 jobs were added in February, which is far more than what economists forecasted. Analysts expected that only 205,000 jobs would be added in February. The national unemployment rate remains at 4.1%. One of the larger improvements...
