April 7, 2021
“U.S. Treasury yields were slightly higher on Friday morning, following a better-than-expected March jobs report. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note climbed to 1.688% at 8:32 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond rose to 2.341%. Yields move inversely to… Continue Reading…
March 11, 2021
“Hiring actually began to pick up in February, according to last Friday’s jobs report, which showed that employers added 379,000 jobs, the most since October, while the unemployment rate fell to 6.2%, from 6.3%. While the economy still has 9.5… Continue Reading…
November 30, 2020
“Be ready to put in the hours A longtime RV repairman, Randall Gibbons started answering people’s questions on JustAnswer, a site that lets people seek help on an assortment of topics, in 2009. In those first few years, he was making just $400… Continue Reading…
November 6, 2020
“Employment growth was better than expected in October and the unemployment rate fell sharply… The Labor Department reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls increased by 638,000 and the unemployment rate was at 6.9%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking… Continue Reading…
October 4, 2020
“The firm’s monthly private-sector jobs count showed growth of 749,000, ahead of the 600,000 expected from a Dow Jones economist survey… The ADP results are “incrementally positive” for the jobs outlook, said Goldman Sachs, which estimates nonfarm payroll growth of… Continue Reading…
October 2, 2020
“The US economy saw another 661,000 jobs added back in September and a modest improvement in the unemployment rate, as the recovery in the labor market continues at a stagnating rate… Change in non-farm payrolls: +661,000 vs. +859,000 expected and +1.489 million in… Continue Reading…
September 27, 2020
“Here’s a list of companies that have laid off employees or permanently cut jobs… and plan to return more cash to shareholders: Accenture: The consulting firm said in late August it would lay off about 25,000 global employees, or about 5%… Continue Reading…
September 6, 2020
“E-cigarette giant Juul Labs Inc. could cut more than half its workforce, according to a person familiar with the company’s plans, while it weighs exiting more European and Asian markets, further signs of the once high-flying company’s deteriorating fortunes. Juul… Continue Reading…
September 5, 2020
“U.S. Treasury yields shot higher on Friday, propelled by a drop in the August unemployment rate and ahead of a big burst of supply next week. The benchmark 10-year yield was last up 9.1 basis points at 0.7131%. The U.S.… Continue Reading…
September 4, 2020
“Nonfarm payrolls increased by 1.37 million in August and the unemployment rate tumbled to 8.4%… An alternative measure that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for economic reasons also fell, down to 14.2% from 16.5% in July and… Continue Reading…
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