Lowest Unemployment Ever in The Last Half Century
President Donald Trump broke protocol and tweeted that there was a positive job report with the lowest unemployment. However, the current Federal Rule states that the executive branch employees are...
View ArticleThe Employment Situation July 2018
July 2018 saw the unemployment rate edge down to 3.9% from June’s 4.0%. The number of unemployed decreased by 284,000 to 6.3 million in the month of July. In both cases, numbers were down over the year...
View ArticleThe Employment Situation August 2018
The Unemployment rate in the United States remains unchanged at 3.9% while the total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 201,000 in the month of August. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics in their...
View ArticleWhy Reducing Unemployment Rate Is Not Enough
The rate of unemployment in the United States reached a record low by the end of April, which is said to have the lowest rate of unemployment in the last 50 years. The unemployment rate dropped to...
View ArticleThe Employment Situation – May 2019
The employment situation for the month of May has steadfastly maintained the growth achieved in the month of April. The unemployment rate has remained at 3.6 percent, which still remains to be the...
View ArticleThe Employment Situation – August 2019
Key Points: Total nonfarm payroll employment in August rose by 130,000. The rise in June was 178,000 Increase in the average hourly earnings to 0.4 percent in August from 0.3 percent in July The...
View ArticleThe Employment Situation – September 2019
As per the employment situation report for September, the unemployment rate is reduced by 0.2 percentage points to reach 3.5 percent. With this, the unemployment rate is said to have reached a...
View ArticleThe Employment Situation – November 2019
The total nonfarm payroll increased by 266,000 in November. In comparison to October, the nonfarm pay has seen a significant increase. There is a slight change in the unemployment rate, which currently...
View ArticleStatistics on COVID-19, unemployment & UI benefits
There is little doubt that coronavirus has taken the world by storm. With West Virginia reporting a confirmed case, all 50 states in the United States are now affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The...
View ArticleWhat The Unemployment Rate Does Not Tell You
Among the many crises precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic collapse and the resultant massive unemployment are uppermost among the public’s minds. The unemployment rate soared to 14.7%...
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