Sentences with phrase «u.s. jobless»

The U.S. jobless rate dropped to 9.4 percent from 9.8 percent last month, but he noted the decline was partially due to a number of people leaving the workforce.

Though the U.S. jobless rate held steady at 9.7 % in February, the portion of workers who classify themselves as underemployed is inching up, according to a Gallup survey.

Even though the U.S. jobless rate isn't what we want it to be (still hovering just below 8 %), the economy at large is feeling comfortable enough for the U.S. Federal Reserve to announce that it will start rolling back its stimulus programs and will let the U.S. economy try to walk on its own.

Investors appeared to shrug off the resignation of White House advisor Gary Cohn and an increase in first - time U.S. jobless claims in the prior week.

The markets generally shrugged off news that U.S. jobless claims had risen 24,000 to 242,000 the week prior.

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.

May 4, 2018 • The last time the U.S. jobless percentage sat below 4 percent was in December of 2000.

U.S. jobless claims continue to be at low levels.

A fall in weekly U.S. jobless claims to a near six - year low reinforced views that the economy is...

The numbers: One week after falling to the lowest level since 1969, initial U.S. jobless claims rebounded but only slightly.

The U.S. jobless rate was 4.1 percent, the lowest in 17 years.

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

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It can mask weakness in the market if there are large numbers of discouraged workers, as in the U.S. which now has a lower jobless rate than Canada despite a poor job creation record.

U.S. indexes were mainly lower amid earnings reports from the American banking sector and data showing a continuing decline in jobless insurance claims and tame inflation.

On Thursday, the U.S. Labor Department announced that the number of new jobless claims had hit its lowest mark in five and a half years, down 19,000 to 326,000.

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.

Also, notwithstanding a silly fiscal policy and the ongoing political impasse, the U.S. economy has some very good things going for it now, as even king of doom, Nouriel Roubini, couldn't help but note: the Fed is going to stick to its asset - buying regime for the foreseeable future, providing a monetary protein shake the recovery still very much needs; the housing rebound is well on its way, which is helping Americans rebuild their wealth and is boosting employment in many states with high jobless rates; and the shale oil and gas revolution continues to power investment, job creation and revenue growth.

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Next week, U.S. Initial Jobless Claims will be closely watched as the economy has had some mixed signals on how robust the economy really is and how this might impact the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates.

The state's jobless rate had been at 4.1 percent since November, mirroring the national figure until last month, when the U.S. rate held steady as Maryland's edged up.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday that the U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in June, leaving the jobless rate unchanged at 8.2 %, disappointing analysts and driving the stock market downward even though the data showed that all of the new jobs came from the private sector.

The state's jobless rate had been at 4.1 percent since November, mirroring the national figure until last month, when the U.S. rate held steady...

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U.S. stocks rose as investors digested jobless claims data which fell to a three month low ahead of Friday's monthly employment report.

Jobless Claims is the number of people who are filing or have filed to receive unemployment insurance benefits, as reported weekly by the U.S. Department of Labor.

In the morning, the U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly Initial Jobless Claims report.

They expired last week when lawmakers failed to continue a 2008 recession - era federal law providing nearly a year of benefits, paid for by U.S. taxpayers, that kicked in when state jobless benefits ran out.

Despite the positive jobless claims report, the impression seems to be that the U.S. jobs market is soft.

At any point in time, millions of U.S. workers are unemployed, including many who are jobless for 27 weeks or longer.

Binary options can be used to speculate on the outcomes of various situations, such as will the S&P 500 rise above a certain level by tomorrow or next week, will this week's jobless claims be higher than the market expects, or will the euro or yen decline against the U.S. dollar today?

Houston's jobless rate fell nearly a full point during the year ended in November 2017, from 5.2 percent to 4.3 percent, still higher than the U.S. average.

As the U.S. economy enters the second quarter of 2018, the positive economic momentum continues, U.S. business confidence remains high, along with consumer confidence, jobless claims are near a generational low and the ISM Manufacturing Index is at record levels as well.