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Stocks zigzag on implications of jobs report
London :: United Kingdom | 18 days ago
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When the dollar is weaker, U.S. goods are cheaper for buyers overseas. Companies that do business overseas also get a profit boost when their earnings are translated back into dollars...Oil prices plunged and gold topped $1,100 an ounce for the first...
Tags: Federal Reserve, unemployment rate, job reports, The Labor Department, stock futures, Treasurys, U.S, job losses, gold price
U.S. jobless claims drop in week
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility First-time claims for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits dropped by 33,000 during the week ending Oct. 3, the U.S...The 521,000 initial benefits claims contributed to a four-week rolling average of 539,750, which was a decrease of 9,000 from the previous...
Tags: jobless claims, The Labor Department, ended oct, claims dropped, month low, lowest level, U.S, California, initial claims, unemployment benefits
Biden: Stimulus working despite job losses
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility September's jobs report doesn't change the administration's confidence in measures taken to spur economic recovery, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Friday. "Today's tough news is a reminder though that -- as if anybody would need it -- how critical...
Tags: Joe Biden, unemployment rate, U.S, The Labor Department, Barack Obama, job market, labor market, jobless rate, president joe, farm payrolls
State unemployment shows improvement
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The number of states posting a decrease in the unemployment rate in July more than tripled from the previous month, according to a government report released Friday. The Labor Department said 17 states and the District of Columbia reported a drop in unemployment...
Tags: unemployment rate, joblessness rate, Connecticut Labor Department, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, California, The Labor Department, statewide unemployment, department says
Consumer prices ease deflation fears
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The Consumer Price Index rose 0.1 percent in May keeping fears of deflation at bay for another month, the U.S...Core prices, which exclude food and energy costs, also rose 0.1 percent, in line with expectations. Economists had expected a sharper rise...
Tags: consumers price, The Labor Department, price index, U.S
Labor Department suspends farm worker rules
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The Labor Department is suspending a regulation adopted shortly before President George W. Bush left office that would have made it easier for farmers to bring in foreign workers.Many immigration and labor advocacy groups opposed the rules for lowering...
Consumer prices flat
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The April performance met economists' expectations and followed a 0.1 percent dip in March. The docile inflation performance reflected a second monthly drop in energy costs and a third straight decline in food prices. Over the last year, consumer prices...
Tags: consumer price, The Labor Department, gold price, industrial production
Producer prices slip unexpectedly
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The Labor Department said the seasonally adjusted index for prices paid at the farm and factory gate fell by 1.2 percent last month versus a 0.1 percent gain in February. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast producer prices would be unchanged in March.
Tags: producer price, U.S, price index, energy price, wholesale price, The Labor Department, consumers price, price fell, retail sales, price fall
Unemployment up in Macon, Warner Robins
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility January’s jobless rate was up 1.1 percent from December and 3 percent from this time a year ago. Unemployment also rose in the Warner Robins metro area, though not quite as drastically. The area’s rate of 6.9 percent was up .7 percent from December,...
Tags: unemployment rate, Georgia Department of Labor, jobless rate, Georgia Labor Department, Jobless Georgians, rate jumps, America, rate bolts, The Labor Department
Consumer price index inches up
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility The Consumer Price Index increased 0.3 percent in January after falling for three consecutive months, the U.S...The increase came in as economists predicted and will be seen as good news for those who fear falling prices that tend to stall the economy.
Tags: consumer price, price index, The Labor Department, U.S, annual inflation, price rose, price rise, fall price, data showed
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