Topline Amid waves of layoffs continuing to hit some of the nation’s largest employers, the unemployment rate unexpectedly ticked up last month despite the labor market gaining significantly more jobs...
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Strong Labor Market Lends Itself To More Fed Hikes, But Not For Long
Pedestrians walk past a Now Hiring sign in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via … [+] Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Friday’s amazing job numbers — which continue to hit i...
Labor Market Added 517,000 Jobs In January—Unemployment Rate Falls To 54-Year Low Of 3.4%
Topline Despite waves of layoffs hitting some of the nation’s largest employers, the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell, and the labor market added back more jobs than expected in January—adding to s...
Career Cushioning – The Evolution Of The Great Resignation And Quiet Quitting
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Takeaways Following on from quiet quitting and the great resignation, the latest trend in the labor market is ‘career cushioning’ This new term...
U.S. Added 263,000 New Jobs In November
Topline Just days after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled a slowdown in the central bank’s aggressive economic tightening campaign, the job market posted a much-stronger-than-expected repor...
Surprising Ways Employers Can Solve Both
Helping caregivers can alleviate the talent shortage in suprising ways. getty Layoffs are grabbing the headlines lately, but there is still a shortage of workers in a tremendous number of jobs. In add...
Labor Market Added 261,000 Jobs In October As Unemployment Climbed To 3.7%
Topline Though the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%, the labor market last month added a much stronger-than-expected 261,000 jobs—signaling that the labor market, which has remained one of the econ...
Unemployment Rate Fell To 3.5% In September As Labor Market Added 263,000 Jobs
Topline The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell last month as the economy added another 263,000 jobs—signaling the labor market, which has remained one of the economy’s strongest pillars during the pa...
Labor Market ‘Cracks’ Beginning To Appear As Job Cuts Surge And Unemployment Claims Unexpectedly Rise
Topline Job cuts surged in September, and unemployment claims broke a streak of improvements last week in the latest signs that the red-hot labor market may finally be cooling as a result of the Feder...
Dow Falls 200 Points Despite Solid Jobs Report, Stocks On Track For Third Straight Week Of Losses
Topline The stock market tanked on Friday despite the August jobs report coming in slightly lower than expected and dropping significantly from last month, which did little to ease investor concerns a...
Stocks Rally As Labor Market Cools Slightly, Taking Some Pressure Off The Fed
Topline The stock market moved higher on Friday after the August jobs report came in slightly lower than expected and dropped significantly from last month, which helped ease investor concerns that a ...
Stocks Fall Despite Strong Jobs Report As Investors Fear Bigger Fed Rate Hikes
Topline The stock market fell Friday after the U.S. economy added back a better-than-expected 528,000 jobs in July, with investors now anticipating that a strong labor market will keep the Federal Res...
Labor Market Added 372,000 Jobs In June As Layoffs And Recession Fears Grow
Topline The U.S. labor market—one of the economy’s strongest pillars during the pandemic recovery—added back 372,000 jobs in June, performing better than economists projected amid concerns the Federal...