US adds 311,000 nonfarm jobs in February, temp penetration rate holds steady - 3/10/2023
penetration rate — the percent of total jobs that are temporary — was unchanged in February from January at 1.97%.
Jobs rose even as the US unemployment rate edged up to 3.6% in February from 3.4% in January ... US adds 311,000 nonfarm jobs in February, temp pe...
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Utah posts lowest jobless rate among all states in November - 12/16/2022
Utah posted the lowest jobless rate among all US states in November at 2.2%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The next-lowest rates were in Minnesota and North Dakota at 2.3% each ... Utah, Minnesota and North Dakota posted the three lowest jobless rates am...
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Veteran unemployment rate drops - 3/20/2013
The unemployment rate for veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time since September 2001 fell by 2.2 percentage points to 9.9 percent in 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor ... The unemployment rate for veterans who served on active duty in t...
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Minnesota and Utah post lowest jobless rates among all states in October - 11/18/2022
.1 percentage points, and New Jersey, down 2.0 points.
Oklahoma is the only state with a 0.5 percentage point year-over-year unemployment rate increase.
... Minnesota and Utah posted the lowest jobless rate among all US states in October, while Illinois and Nevada posted t...
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Canadian employment virtually unchanged in December, falls short of forecast - 1/05/2024
in December, it lost 23,500 full-time jobs.
The country’s unemployment rate held steady at 5.8% in December, following increases in five of the previous seven months.
Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast
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Canada beats expectations by adding 40,700 jobs in February - 3/08/2024
, while the country lost 29,900 part-time jobs.
However, Canada’s unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage point to 5.8% in February, offsetting the decline recorded in January.
Reuters reports
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Consumers least optimistic about finding new jobs since 2021 - 5/14/2024
in April to 15.1%. Meanwhile, the probability of voluntarily quitting one’s job within the next 12 months fell by 1.2 percentage points to 19.4%.
Mean unemployment rate expectations — or the mean
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Temp jobs slip in February, demand ‘uncharacteristically soft’ - 3/08/2024
of 67,000. That’s above the industry’s average monthly gain of 58,000 over the past 12 months.
The US unemployment rate rose to 3.9% in February from 3.7% in January. The college-level unemployment rate
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US loses 17,200 temp jobs in November, temp penetration rate falls - 12/02/2022
growth ahead. All of this will be moderated by the intense labor shortage that is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.”
The bureau also reported the US unemployment rate remained at 3 ... Unemployment, jobs report, jobs ... US loses 17,200 temp jobs in Nov...
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Job growth could stall in second half: The Conference Board - 5/06/2024
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“Shortages and hoarding are keeping the unemployment rate low and wages sticky,” Baltrus said. “Sticky wages along with elevated interest rates are raising the cost of doing business for many companies
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