Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits decreased during the week ending on Saturday (Aug. 19). The seasonally adjusted figure for that week’s initial claims stood at 230,000, marking a decline of 10,000 from the previous week’s revised level, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said...
In the middle of scorching summer hot weather, the job market seems to be cooling. American employers listed fewer job openings in June, a signal that demand for workers that had persisted for years had begun to abate a bit, according to figures from the Labor Department...
A thousand fewer Americans applied for unemployment last week than did so the previous week. The advance figure for initial claims was 191,000 for the week ended March 18, down from 192,000 the previous week, the Department of Labor said in a Thursday (March 23) press release. The...
The U.S. economy created a hefty 273,000 nonfarm jobs in February and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent from January’s 3.6 percent, as the market for workers remained firm despite early stages of the coronavirus scare. Restaurants and bars saw a particularly strong 53,000...
February 03, 2024
It seems United States consumers expect little reprieve from inflation-fueled rising prices of goods and services moving into 2024. Although consumers report feeling somewhat better about their current finances, data shows that optimism for 2024 remains lukewarm. As of December 2023, 60% of consumers lived paycheck to paycheck, with 19% struggling to pay their monthly […]
August 25, 2017
There isn’t much that can be said about the “average” American credit user in 2017 because, as it turns out, there really isn’t one. According to market research provider Gallup’s...
August 24, 2023
Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits decreased during the week ending on Saturday (Aug. 19). The seasonally adjusted figure for that week’s initial claims stood at 230,000, marking a decline of 10,000 from the previous week’s revised level, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said in a Thursday (Aug. 24) press release. The DOL revised […]
August 01, 2023
In the middle of scorching summer hot weather, the job market seems to be cooling. American employers listed fewer job openings in June, a signal that demand for workers that...
March 23, 2023
A thousand fewer Americans applied for unemployment last week than did so the previous week. The advance figure for initial claims was 191,000 for the week ended March 18, down...
March 06, 2020
The U.S. economy created a hefty 273,000 nonfarm jobs in February and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent from January’s 3.6 percent, as the market for workers remained firm...
