Employment figures


Record Jobs Gain Of 4.8 Million In June Smashes Expectations; Unemployment Rate Falls To 11.1%

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Another big contributor to the decline of the jobless rate was a plunge in those on temporary layoff. That total fell by... Read more

June Private Payrolls Rose 2.37 Million And There Was A Big Positive Revision For May, ADP Says

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Private payrolls grew by 2.369 million for the month, a bit lower than the 2.5 million expectation from economists surve... Read more

Jobless Claims Total 1.5 Million, Worse Than Expected As Economic Pain Persists

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The elevated claims number persists even as all states have reopened to varying degrees and nonfarm payrolls grew by 2.5... Read more

Job Openings Tumble To Lowest Level In More Than 5 Years

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As companies shed record-breaking numbers of employees, the total vacancies plunged to 5.05 million in April. Read more

Big Jobs Gain 'has Bought The Fed Some Time,' But More Help Eventually Will Be Needed

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In addition to signaling a possible turn in the economy, the big job gains in May give the Federal Reserve some more wig... Read more

May Sees Biggest Jobs Increase Ever Of 2.5 Million As Economy Starts To Recover From Coronavirus

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Nonfarm payrolls in May were expected to decrease by 8.333 million while the unemployment rate was seen rising to 19.5%,... Read more

May's Record Jobs Comeback: Here's Where The Jobs Are In One Chart

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CNBC studied the net change in employment by industry for May based on data from the Labor Department. Read more

'The Covid-19 Recession Is Over,' Says Economist Zandi As May Job Losses Not As Bad As Feared

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Finding good news in the loss of another 3 million jobs isn't easy, but the steep drop in private payrolls for May could... Read more

Private Payrolls Decline By 2.76 Million In May, ADP Says, A Much Smaller Drop Than Feared

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The reported total was well below the 8.75 million estimate from economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The reason for the wi... Read more

May Unemployment Looks Worse Than Expected, Signaling Another Bad Jobs Report Could Be Coming

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So far, state reopenings have not helped stem the rise in unemployment, which is expected to show another big jump in th... Read more

Weekly Jobless Claims Total 2.981 Million, Bringing Coronavirus Tally To 36.5 Million

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The total 2.981 million new claims for unemployment insurance brought the coronavirus crisis count to nearly 36.5 millio... Read more

A Record 20.5 Million Jobs Were Lost In April As Unemployment Rate Jumps To 14.7%

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Both numbers easily smashed post-World War II era records and help reflect the profound damage done through efforts used... Read more

April's Jobs Report Showing Millions Out Of Work Looms Large In The Week Ahead

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In the week ahead, the April jobs report is expected to show the highest unemployment since 1939. Read more

US Weekly Jobless Claims Hit 3.84 Million, Topping 30 Million Over The Last 6 Weeks

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Jobless claims for the week ended April 25 came in at the lowest level in a month but bring the rolling six-week total t... Read more

The US Economy Has Wiped Out All The Job Gains Since The Great Recession

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The jobless claims report showed that it took only five weeks for the U.S. economy to erase all the job gains since the ... Read more

Weekly Jobless Claims Hit 5.245 Million, Raising Monthly Loss To 22 Million Due To Coronavirus

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The most recent count represented a drop from the previous two weeks but still showed that the damage to the U.S. labor ... Read more

The US Economy Has Erased Nearly All The Job Gains Since The Great Recession

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The jobless claims report showed that it took only four weeks for the U.S. economy to erase all the job gains in the las... Read more

US Payrolls Plunge 701,000 In March Amid The Start Of A Job Market Collapse

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It was the first decline in payrolls since September 2010 and came close to the May 2009 financial crisis peak of 800,00... Read more

The Coronavirus Crisis Could Inflict Record-setting Damage On The US Jobs Market

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The first wave of bad economic news directly related to the coronavirus crisis is likely to come from weekly jobless cla... Read more

Manufacturing Jobs Are 'tough To Fill' And Stand Out As The Weak Spot In The Employment Picture

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It's not that the jobs aren't there: There were still 477,000 open positions as of October. Read more