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Economy: Strong Private Job Report

January 5, 2023, 8:02 pm EST Strong Private Job Report Sometimes, good news may not good news. The strong private job ADP report for December 2022 with 235K jobs indicated a solid number. However, it ...

Economy: Hiring Stayed Strong. Really?

November 4, 2022, 12:50 pm EDT Hiring Stayed Strong. Really? October non-farm payroll reported an increase of 261K jobs which is better than the forecasted 200K numbers. But, is this number really str...

Economy: Resilient Jobs Report

August 5, 2022, 1:14 pm EDT Resilient Jobs Report A surprisingly strong July non-farm payroll shows that the US economy is more resilient than expected.  Payrolls increased 528K which surpassed the es...

Economy: Strong Job Markets But Bearish Response from the Stock Markets

May 6, 2022, 12:13 pm EDT Strong Job Markets But Bearish Response from the Stock Markets Is better-than-expected April job reports good news to the stock market? Not necessary.  “Total nonfarm payroll...

Stock Market Today: Strong Job Markets with Chaotic Environments

April 1, 2022, 10:53 am EDT Strong Job Markets with Chaotic Environments It is a weird combination of strong job markets with chaotic environments.  March added another 431K new jobs to nonfarm payrol...

Market News: Top-out of the Job Data

January 7, 2022, 11:18 pm EST Top-out of the Job Data US Bureau of Labor Statistics released December 2021 job data where payroll employment rises by 199,000 in December; unemployment rate declines to...

Stock Market News: US Job Reports

February 5, 2021, 10:20 am EST US Job Reports The US labor department announced its January non-farm job report of adding only 49K jobs. This number reflects the impact of COVID-19 where hotels, resta...

4.8 Millions Jobs and 11.1% Unemployment Rates

July 2, 2020, 2:36 pm EDT 4.8 Millions Jobs and 11.1% Unemployment Rates These numbers, 4.8 Millions jobs and 11.1% unemployment Rates, in June 2020, are impressive according to the US Bureau of Labor...

Weekly Initial Jobless Claim

05/07 Decline in weekly jobless claim 3.2 million people, according to US Department of Labor, became another good news for stock markets. Compared to 6 weeks ago, March 28, 6.9 million number, this d...