Do you mean the fact that we are
adding jobs every month instead of losing a half million like Bush left us with?
We are
adding jobs each month after Bush left us losing a half million each month.
Since October 2010, the economy has consistently
added jobs every month.
Not exact matches
Employers have
added an average of 200,000
jobs a
month since November.
The facts: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 533,000
jobs were
added to the U.S. economy during the
months of January, February and March in 2017.
The ADP Employment Report shows companies
added 176,000 new
jobs last
month, below the average of the past three
months.
An index of small business employment growth inched up as Main Street America
added jobs at a steady pace this
month.
Economists polled by Reuters expect the U.S. economy to have
added 183,000
jobs last
month.
The U.S. economy
added only 143,000 new
jobs last
month, well short of the forecasted 200,000 new
jobs.
In the last 12
months, Canada has
added 118,500 part - time
jobs while shedding 3,100 net full - time ones, despite the working age population (defined as those 15 and older) rising by 374,200, approximately the population of London, ON.
Private employers are likely to have
added 190,000
jobs last
month, building on a strong October
jobs report.
The report also revised down previous
month's estimates, meaning that the U.S. has
added, on average, 198,000
jobs per
month versus 2014's rate of 240,000.
The nation
added 217,000
jobs in May to reach the milestone, though the unemployment rate remained unchanged last
month at 6.3 % and U.S. employment still needs to catch up with the growth of the population and labor force that has occurred since the recession began.
Already in March most indicators have disappointed: the U.S. economy
added a dismal 88,000
jobs last
month, less than half as many as analysts expected; retail sales dropped 0.4 %, the largest decline since June of 2012; and this week durable goods orders, out last Wednesday, plunged 5.7 %, nearly twice the tumble expected and likely a sign that U.S. factories have entered a slump.
Friday's report will follow the disappointing numbers released earlier this
month, when the Labor Department estimated that the U.S. economy
added just 142,000 new
jobs, below expectations of at least 200,000.
This of course contrasts with the Labor Department's news yesterday that U.S. employers — of all sizes —
added 120,000
jobs last
month, and as a result the unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent, after a prolonged period at 9 percent.
«While employment growth in the restaurant industry is slightly above its twelve -
month average, the pace of franchise
jobs added overall is running well below its average.»
That sounds damningly high, but it
adds up to just 35,000
jobs per year, or a seventh of the number of
jobs the U.S. economy has gained on average per
month this year.
«Franchise
jobs added increased sharply in November to a level not seen for several
months,» Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president ADP Research Institute, said in a statement.
In fairness, Amazon said it's planning to
add the 5,000
jobs in its press release over the next 12
months.
While July was the fifth straight
month in which small firms
added jobs, «the magnitude of growth is less than desired,» according to SurePayroll CEO Michael Alter.
With September's
jobs figure back in the positive column, the economy has now
added jobs for 85 straight
months, a record streak.
Fortune last week reported that in the past 11
months, U.S. employers have
added nearly 2.7 million
jobs — the fastest
job growth we've had since 1999.
The parliamentary budget office estimates spending to date has boosted the economy by 0.1 per cent in each fiscal year and
added between 9,600 and 11,100
jobs over the last 12
months.
Why care about just the cuts and not how many
jobs were
added in a
month?
The economy has
added more than a million
jobs over the past three
months, an achievement last seen in 1997.
After a rough September, auto parts and dealers acted as a driving force in
job creation,
adding 5,150
jobs, or about 20 percent of total franchise growth for the
month.
The ADP national employment report saw private employers
add 158,000
jobs last
month, below the forecast of 185,000.
Besides, as Izzo notes, if you look at labour market trends, the U.S. has been
adding 180,000 news
jobs a
month since the latest round of tapering started in September 2012, compared to 130,000 in the prior six
months.
Restaurants and bars
added a massive 53,100
jobs in July, roughly a quarter of all the
job gains that
month.
The most recent ADP payroll report, for instance, saw businesses with fewer than 50 employees
add 84,000 workers in June, or 45 percent of the 188,000 total private - sector
jobs added in the
month.
Even if the labour market kept
adding 215,000 new net
jobs a
month, though, it would take until the end of 2017 for the jobless rate to drop to 6 %, TD economist Martin Schwerdtfeger noted in a brief today.
Manufacturing
added 28,000
jobs in July, the most in eight
months.
«Certainly to see more than 300,000
jobs added in a
month in this point in the economic cycle... is a stunner.»
The state
added 14,000 net
jobs to payrolls last
month, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 % from 4.4 %...
The 313,000 net new
jobs added in February far exceeded analyst expectations and were a major increase from the previous
month's upwardly revised 239,000 figure.
Job growth for December and January was revised up by a total of 54,000 positions, meaning the economy has
added a robust average of 242,000
jobs in the last three
months.
The
jobs report earlier this
month showed that U.S. employers
added 151,000
jobs in August, a solid though somewhat disappointing number.
The economy
added just 38,000 net new
jobs last
month, a steep falloff from April's disappointing 123,000 and well below analysts» forecasts...
First
month 2 full - time
jobs created, second 2 more and by the third 1 - 3 other part - time
jobs added.
TrimTabs» view is that the economy needs to create a minimum of 150,000
jobs per
month to absorb all the new people entering the labor force, so its June numbers suggest the U.S. is
adding jobs at just half that rate.
This contributed to the weakest
jobs report since 2010 — only 38,000 new
jobs were created in May, a dramatic dive from March's 180,000 —
adding to speculation that an interest rate hike this
month will once again be delayed.
Professional and business services also saw an upward trend in employment, with 612,000
jobs added in the past 12
months.
On balance, firms in all sectors and regions plan to
add jobs over the next 12
months.
Employers
added a net of 2.1 million
jobs in 2017, an average of 171,000
jobs per
month and an annual growth rate of 1.4 % (these numbers will be slightly revised in coming
months).
Companies in the U.S.
added more than 200,000 workers for a fifth straight
month in April, signaling the
job market remains strong, according to data released Wednesday from the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, New Jersey.Key Takeaways
Dudley made his remarks after the U.S. economy
added 126,000
jobs last
month, well - below economists» expectations of about 250,000.
Economists forecast that the economy
added a solid 180,000 net new
jobs last
month, down from a strong 255,000 gain in July, and that the unemployment rate will tick down to 4.8 %.
ADP's number was also below earlier analyst estimates of at least 200,000 new
jobs added each
month for the remainder of 2012, and barely above the 150,000 new
jobs needed simply to keep pace with economic growth and new
job market entrants.
Amazon plans to
add 100,000 full - time
jobs in the United States over the next 18
months, and the team of President - elect Donald Trump was quick in taking credit.