Sentences with phrase «labor department said»

The Labor Department said Thursday that first - time jobless claims dropped by 15,000 to 358,000 last week, although week - to - week changes can be volatile.

The nation's public - and private - sector employers added 160,000 net new jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday.

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Employers created 288,000 jobs in June, bringing unemployment down to 6.1 percent, the Labor Department said.

The U.S. Labor Department said that 131,000 jobs were lost in July, more than double what economists had expected.

On Thursday, the Labor Department said new applications for U.S. jobless benefits increased more than anticipated, but the number of Americans on unemployment fell to its lowest level since 1973.

The U.S. Labor Department said New York private industry employers reported about 146,000 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2012, translating to 2.5 cases per 100 full - time workers.

Just five days after reporting that the Buffalo Niagara job market had its worst month for job growth in seven years during September, the state Labor Department said the local unemployment rate fell to a 10 - year low of 4.9 percent last month.

«This represents the state's largest monthly private sector job gain since September 2013,» the state Labor Department said in a statement.

Overall, the state's unemployment rate dipped in the last month from 6.2 percent in September down to 6 percent, the Labor Department said.

The region added jobs at its slowest pace in five months during September as cutbacks at stores and government agencies offset a hiring boom in construction, the state Labor Department said.

The Labor Department said U.S. producer prices rose 0.4 percent last month and 2.6 percent in the 12 months through September.

Nonfarm payrolls surged by 321,000, the most since January 2012, the Labor Department said on Friday.

In a separate report, the Labor Department said its producer price index for final demand increased 0.4 % last month, the largest gain since June, after being unchanged in October.

On a monthly basis, the consumer price index was unchanged in April from March, the Labor Department said Friday.

The Labor Department said an index reflecting labor costs had its best showing in almost a decade, indicating that falling unemployment and faster hiring is translating into better wages — something notably absent in the recovery until recently.

The producer - price index, reflecting how much firms pay for everything from paper to trucks, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4 % from November, led by a jump in energy costs, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Labor productivity, or output per hours worked, increased at a 1.9 % annual rate from July through September, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Maryland added more than 14,000 jobs in August, the second - highest monthly gain in seven years, as the unemployment rate dipped to a pre-recession level of 3.9 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.

Also on Thursday, the Labor Department said weekly applications for unemployment benefits rose 19,000 last week to 348,000, the highest in about a month.

U.S. employers added just 103,000 jobs in March, the Labor Department said Friday, the fewest in six months.

In a separate report, the Labor Department said initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 211,000 for the week ended April 28.

Applications for jobless aid rose 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 263,000, matching its four - week moving average, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Maryland gained nearly 13,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Monday.

The number of job openings soared 645,000 in January, the Labor Department said Friday.

Job growth ground nearly to a halt in May, with the U.S. labor market having its worst performance in more than five years, the Labor Department said Friday.

U.S. jobless claims rose a seasonally adjusted 2,000 to 211,000 in the week ended April 28, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The Labor Department said wages and salaries in the private sector rose 1 % in the January - through - March quarter compared with the previous quarter.

Employers added 209,000 jobs, after a solid gain of 231,000 in June, the Labor Department said.

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Meanwhile, the Labor Department said job openings increased to 6.3 million in January, a record.

Prices fell 0.3 % in November, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Nonfarm payrolls surged by 321,000 last month, the most since January 2012, the Labor Department said on Friday.

Last week, the Labor Department said the U.S. consumer price index — a widely followed inflation metric — rose 0.5 percent last month, topping a Reuters estimate of 0.3 percent.

The Labor Department said on Thursday that the claims data for Maine and Colorado were estimated, while claims - taking procedures in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands had still not returned to normal after being devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria last year.

The Labor Department said Tuesday it had revised the statistics for March to show 4.17 million job openings that month, rather than the 4.01 million the department previously reported.

Employment rose in retail trade, professional and business services, and health care, the Labor Department said.

Two percent of U.S. job - holders, or about 2.8 million workers, left their jobs under their own volition in September, the Labor Department said.

In a separate report, the Labor Department said initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 12,000 to 290,000 for the week ended Nov. 8.

The Labor Department said its Consumer Price Index inched up 0.1 percent last month, pointing to subdued inflation which could make Federal Reserve policymakers cautious regarding another interest rate hike in 2017.

And the U.S. Labor Department said that claims for jobless benefits declined last week by 2,000 to 326,000, which was in line with expectations.

The Labor Department says employers added just 142,000 jobs in September as manufacturers and oil drillers shed workers.

«To ensure that advisors can continue to serve a wide range of clients, the department does not plan to prohibit common compensation practices, such as commissions and revenue sharing, and intends to give firms the flexibility to figure out how to meet their clients» best interest,» the Labor Department says on an FAQ section of its website.

The state Labor Department says New York's statewide unemployment rate declined from 6.2 to 6 percent last month, reaching its lowest level since October 2008.

The New York State Labor Department says number of new jobs created in the Hudson Valley during the 12 - month period ending in October rose by 9,400, or 1.3 percent.

The Labor Department says about 26 million people are out of work or underemployed, and millions more face foreclosure, which alone can chop 150 points off an individual's score.

Arbitration can be required for individual claims, but class - action suits must be allowed if a group of people are harmed, the Labor Department says.

A spokesperson for the Labor Department says, «No matter what the investigation is about, we can neither confirm nor deny it.»

Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the so - called core consumer price index rose 0.2 percent, the same as in the previous two months, the Labor Department says Tuesday.