…showed an increase in employment of $163 thousand but that unemployment rate rose to 8.3%. So what was the deal from the household survey? Actually the labor force participation rate…

The employment report continues to report a sluggish economy and employment growth. The payroll report showed a gain of 120,000 jobs in November, consisting of a 140,000 gain in private…

The employment report showed little evidence that the trends of the past year have changed. Over the past three months private payroll employment grew some 72,000, 191,000 and 104,000 while…

The September employment report was among the strongest this cycle. Private payroll employment rose 137,000 and despite the 34,000 drop in government employment total payroll employment rose 103,000. Moreover, the…

The employment was bad news as payroll employment only rose by 18,000 as compared to the last months disappointing rise of 25,000. Government employment fell 39,000 versus 48,000 in May….

…unemployment rate up (it probably will). And let’s remember this when talking about a “strong” employment report: 9% doesn’t represent the severity of the unemployment problem – the employment to…

…2008. Just to put this in perspective, employment in the private service providing industries is 112,788,000 or roughly ten times employment of 11,817,000 in all manufacturing: So the criticism that…

The employment report was basically more of the same and was very discouraging. Even though the headline number reported a large 431,00 increase in employment, most of this was temporary…

…employment drop of some 190,000. The unemployment rate is based on the household survey so the unemployment rate ticked back up to 9.0%. On balance, this employment report showed essentially…

…tropical heat. Well, sometimes these employment reports make me feel like one of those crewmen. Yes, the employment situation has quit deteriorating, and there are encouraging details within the report….