employment

US adds 103k jobs in March; unemployment remains at 4.1%

By Press Release  | April 6, 2018

The employment situation for Friday, April 6, 2018: Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 103,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in manufacturing, healthcare and mining.

Markets cheer as Trump and Jong-Un extend olive branch

By Hussein Sayed | March 9, 2018

President Trump agreeing to meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un pleasantly surprised the markets on Thursday. Just a couple of months ago, the two leaders were in in a rather childish spat over whose nuclear button was bigger and hurled insults at each other, at every opportunity. Now, they are about to make history, not only with a possible reconciliation but also because this would be the first-ever meeting between a U.S. president and a North Korean leader. Investors are hopeful that there will finally be a diplomatic breakthrough.

US adds 313k jobs in February, unemployment rate unchanged

By Press Release | March 9, 2018

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 313,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on March 9. Employment rose in construction, retail trade, professional and business services, manufacturing, financial activities, and mining.

US futures lower with earnings eyed

By Craig Erlam | October 31, 2017

U.S. employment costs expected to see moderate growth; EUR edges lower on mixed inflation and growth data; BoJ revises inflation forecasts lower and retains accommodative stance.

NFP Report: the results

By Jameel Ahmad | September 1, 2017

Any hopes that the dollar could continue its rebound with an encouraging U.S. jobs report, appears to have been thrown out the window, following a "hat-trick" of losses in the recently released jobs report for August.

U.S. adds 156k jobs in August; unemployment rate at 4.4%

By Press Release  | September 1, 2017

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 156,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.4%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in manufacturing, construction, professional and technical services, health care, and mining. Household Survey Data In August, the unemployment rate, at 4.4%, and the number of unemployed persons, at 7.1 million, were little changed. After declining earlier in the year, the unemployment rate has been either 4.3% or 4.4% since April.

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