Minnesota gains 11,000 jobs and 3,000 workers in March

Five supersectors lost jobs over the year in Minnesota, including Professional & Business Services, down 13,900 jobs, Financial Activities down 5,579 jobs, and Manufacturing down 3,195 jobs. Read More

Jobs Report

The highest number of new jobs in nearly a year. U.S. companies added a better-than-expected 275,000 jobs, indicating a healthy jobs market even with the unemployment rate ticking up slightly to 3.9%. Read More

December Jobs Report Beats Expectations: What the Experts Are Saying

The December jobs report blew past economists' expectations and the unemployment rate fell, but evidence of cooling wages caused equity markets to rejoice Friday. In other words, good news was ... Read More

Nearly 50% of people are considering leaving their jobs in 2024—more than during the 'great resignation'

While some economists have said this pandemic-era trend is over, new research from Microsoft and LinkedIn forecasts that even more people plan to leave their jobs in 2024. Nearly half (46%) of ... Read More

Jobs Report — Modest Gains And Climbing Wages In Spite Of An Oncoming Recession

The blue-collar sector now has 137,000 more jobs than it had before the beginning of the pandemic ... report will be just one of the data points the Federal Reserve will use when it meets in ... Read More

University of Minnesota

Protesters at a pro-Palestinian encampment occupying a portion of the University of Minnesota campus since Tuesday have started to pack up following a tentative agreement with university ... Read More

Employers added 303,000 jobs in March, surging past economic forecasts

U.S. employers added 303,000 jobs in March, far surpassing economists' predictions and signaling the labor market remains strong. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected businesses had added 200,000 ... Read More

Why Is the Jobs Report So Important to Our Economy?

On the fist Friday of each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases the Employment Situation Summary or jobs report. The report is based on surveys of households and employers to ... Read More

Nearly 400,000 Ohioans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic rules ended

It was a stipulation of the legislation Congress passed in the early stages of the pandemic that offered states a more generous funding match during the public ... change jobs, or don’t ... Read More

Somalis finding their place in Minnesota

More Somalis live in Minnesota than any other state. “Being so cold, it doesn't seem congruent,” Nazaryan said. “But there are actually two reasons that make complete sense. One is jobs. Read More

Canada unexpectedly added 90,000 jobs in April, though unemployment stayed flat at 6.1%

The Canadian economy gained 90,000 jobs in April, much higher than many economists predicted. However, the unemployment rate stayed the same as the month before, according to the latest numbers from ... Read More

Jobs Report

The highest number of new jobs in nearly a year. U.S. companies added a better-than-expected 275,000 jobs, indicating a healthy jobs market even with the unemployment rate ticking up slightly to 3.9%. Read More