Tag: US employment

• Saturday, April 5th 2014 - 03:34 UTC

  US economy adds 192.000 new jobs in March; unemployment steady at 6.7%

  

  The US added 192,000 new jobs in March, in line with expectations, as the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7%. Severe weather over the winter did not prevent the monthly average for new jobs from continuing a climb towards pre-economic crisis levels.

• Saturday, January 11th 2014 - 08:20 UTC

  Number of US jobs created last December was the lowest for three years

  

  The US economy created only 74,000 jobs in December, with many Americans giving up looking for work, latest figures show. The number of jobs created was the lowest for three years and was well under half the number expected by analysts.

• Saturday, July 6th 2013 - 06:44 UTC

  US economy adds more jobs than forecasted; markets looking at the Fed’s reaction

  

  The US economy added a net 195,000 new jobs in June, official figures show. The figure was well above economists' expectations of 165,000. Revisions to data for April and May added a further 70,000 jobs to previous estimates. This means the jobless rate remained steady at 7.6% of the workforce, according to data from the Bureau of Labour Statistics.

• Saturday, September 8th 2012 - 06:16 UTC

  The day after the Charlotte convention, back to reality with the jobs’ market stats

  

  US President Barack Obama said on Friday the labour market is not hiring workers fast enough, following the release of a government report that showed weaker-than-expected employment figures.

• Friday, August 24th 2012 - 00:58 UTC

  US jobs market remains bearish; Fed says recent economic data stronger

  

  The number of US citizens filing new claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, suggesting the labour market is healing too slowly to make much of a dent in the unemployment rate. However an official from the Federal Reserve said US economic data in recent weeks had improved.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 01:33 UTC

  The US Fed considering round of monetary stimulus “fairly soon”

  

  The Federal Reserve is likely to deliver another round of monetary stimulus “fairly soon” unless the economy improves considerably, minutes from the US central bank's August meeting show.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 18:04 UTC

  US September job figures bring sigh of relief to markets

  

  US employment grew more than expected in September and job gains for the prior months were revised higher, according to a government report, released Friday, that could ease fears the economy was heading into recession.