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U.S. Employment Situation – December 2012

Looks like construction hiring  is starting to kick in.   We’ll post something more on this later today. The BLS reported this morning, Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 155,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.8 percent, the … Continue reading

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U.S. Employment Situation – November 2012

The BLS reported nonfarm payrolls came in way above consensus led by job creation in the retail sector.  Construction continues to disappoint.  Hats off to Nomura for nailing the number.  Spot on! Here’s the BLS, Total nonfarm payroll employment rose … Continue reading

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U.S. Employment Situation – October 2012

The BLS reported this morning, Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by171,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in professional and business services, health care, … Continue reading

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Consumer expenditures by homeowners and renters – BLS

Good piece by the BLS of the average annual expenditures of renters and homeowners. In 2010, people who rented their residences paid more, on average, in annual rent ($8,798) than homeowners reported paying in mortgage interest and charges ($8,202). In … Continue reading

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U.S. Employment Situation – September 2012

The BLS reported this morning, The unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 114,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in health care and in transportation and warehousing … Continue reading

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Punk real earnings in the U.S.

The BLS reports, Real average hourly earnings for all employees fell 0.7 percent from July to August, seasonally adjusted. This decline resulted from unchanged average hourly earnings combined with a 0.6-percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban … Continue reading

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U.S. Employment Situation – August 2012

Given the President’s demeanor during his acceptance speech at the DNC last night, which seemed a little drained and down to us,  we suspected the employment numbers would disappoint this morning.  He had a heads up on this morning’s punk … Continue reading

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U.S. Employment Situation – June 2012

The jobs report disappointed recent upward revisions with nonfarm employment increasing 80K from May to June, with the private sector creating 84K new jobs.   Construction jobs, which we wrote about in our last post,  disappointed coming in with just a … Continue reading

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U.S. Unemployment Outliers

Interest chart from the BLS showing North Dakota cities with some of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation due to the Bakken Shale boom. In May, five U.S. metropolitan areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, with … Continue reading

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U.S. Employment Situation – April 2012

The weak jobs report has crushed equities this morning. Here’s the BLS take, Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 115,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment … Continue reading

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