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By Press Release |
December 7, 2012
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
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By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg |
November 6, 2012
Job openings in the U.S. dropped to a five-month low in September, signaling uneven progress in the labor market.
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By Press Release |
November 2, 2012
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 171,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent.
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By Greg Quinn, Bloomberg |
October 31, 2012
Canada’s gross domestic product shrank for the first time in six months in August on mining maintenance shutdowns and lower factory production, signaling the expansion may remain subdued through the rest of the year.
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By Toru Fujioka and Masahiro Hidaka, Bloomberg |
October 30, 2012
The Bank of Japan expanded its asset-purchase program for the second time in two months, a move that failed to cheer investors as stocks slumped amid mounting evidence that the economy contracted last quarter.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
October 25, 2012
Orders for U.S. business equipment stalled in September, capping a quarterly slump that signals investment will cool in the second half of the year.
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By Press Release |
October 5, 2012
The unemployment rate in the U.S. fell to 7.8% as the economy added 114,000 jobs in September. Employment increased in health care and in transportation and warehousing but changed little in most other major industries.
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By Susan Abbott Gidel |
September 24, 2012
Studying the stars is as age-old as man. Our "in-house" astrologer looks at PFG's astrological chart to see what might have been warnings.
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By John L. Caiazzo |
September 23, 2012
The European debt crisis and the grinding recovery in the U.S. housing market continue to stifle any real economic recovery.
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By Lananh Nguyen |
August 2, 2012
For the first time, London is overtaking New York as the global hub for trading oil futures.
