On Friday, at 8:30 AM ET, the BLS will release the employment report for October. The consensus is for an increase of 125,000 non-farm payroll jobs in September, slightly more than the 114,000 payroll jobs added in September. The consensus is for the unemployment rate to increase to 7.9%. This month the ADP employment...
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At 8:30 AM ET on Friday, the employment report for August will be released. The consensus is for an increase of 125,000 non-farm payroll jobs in August, down from the 163,000 jobs added in July. The consensus is for the unemployment rate to be unchanged at 8.3%. Some previews: From Tim Duy at EconomistsView:...
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From the BLS: Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January, and the unemployment rate decreased to 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job growth was widespread in the private sector, with large employment gains in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing. Government employment changed little...
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The housing market remains in the trenches, but underlying fundamentals show a recovery is possible as long as employment continues to tick up, Capital Economics said Friday. The economy added 200,000 jobs in December, which could push residential real estate forward if it is met with lower prices and looser underwriting standards, analysts at...
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The Federal Reserve will need help from Congress in order to boost economic growth with its latest policy announcement, according to Freddie Mac Chief Economist Frank Nothaft. The Fed said last week it will purchase 0 billion in long-term Treasurys and reinvest principal and interest payments from agency mortgage-backed securities it already bought during...
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Let’s start with jobs … • From the NY Times: White House Expects Persistently High Unemployment The White House budget office forecast on Thursday that unemployment would remain at 9 percent through the 2012 presidential election year … Unemployment will not return to the 5 percent range until 2017, the budget office said, reflecting...
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PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian reiterated Friday what many housing economists have been saying for months: If you want a real recovery, you better look to jobs and training and bypass the notion that stimulus will jump-start the economy. When reviewing Friday's jobs report — where unemployment edged up to 9.1% — El-Erian said policy...
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The U.S. economy added 244,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in April although the nation's unemployment rate edged up to 9%, the Labor Department said Friday. The federal data showed job gains in the service industry, as well as manufacturing and mining. An Econoday survey projected growth of 185,000 jobs for April with analysts' estimates ranging...
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