Employment Situation Report November 2024

Employment Situation Report November 2024

From a paltry adjusted gain of 36,000 jobs in October, the economy shifted gears and reported a non-farm payroll increase of 227,000 for November in today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Employment Situation Summary. This growth is in-line …

Employment Situation Report October 2024

Employment Situation Report October 2024

Employment market turmoil created by recent hurricanes and significant labor strikes was expected to impact today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs data. While the BLS could not directly quantify storm and strike damage to the data …

Employment Situation Report September 2024

Employment Situation Report September 2024

Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Summary (BLS) adds some clarity to a good news/bad news marketplace. The bad news including continued Mideast and eastern Europe turmoil, widespread U.S. hurricane …

Employment Situation Report August 2024

Employment Situation Report August 2024

Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Summary (BLS) data has been eagerly anticipated by an unusually broad spectrum of audiences. Politicians are ready to interpret results to favor their candidate in the November …

Employment Situation Report July 2024

Employment Situation Report July 2024

Amid ominous market signals of a slowdown in economic momentum, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Summary (BLS) data suggests that the economy is still adding jobs but at a more subdued rate. The BLS reported a …

Employment Situation Report June 2024

Employment Situation Report June 2024

As the tumultuous political environment builds momentum approaching election day, the focus on the monthly employment data intensifies. Today’s data provides the pundits with fuel for another round of competing analysis …