Jobs report: April job reports shocks with 253,000 jobs created, unemployment falls

Friday's jobs report also showed wage growth remained stronger than forecast in April, with wages rising 4.4% over the prior year, an acceleration from the gains seen in March. Employment gains in ... Read More

April Employment Preview

On Friday at 8:30 AM ET, the BLS will release the employment report for April. The consensus is for 178,000 jobs added, and for the unemployment rate to increase to 3 ... forecast by 25k to +250k ... Read More

April Jobs Report Tops Expectations: What the Experts Are Saying

The April jobs report topped ... Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 253,000 in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday, well ahead of economists' forecast for the addition of ... Read More

March jobs-report forecast: 200,000 new jobs and a 3.8% unemployment rate

Following is what to watch in Friday’s March employment report. The economy is forecast to show a gain of 200,000 new jobs for March ... to a two-year high of 3.9%, but the increase was largely ... Read More

Jobs Report: Unemployment Hits 3.8% As Job Growth Pops

The U.S. added 303,000 jobs in March, according to Friday morning’s report from the Labor Department ... The unemployment rate moved to 3.8% last month, equaling estimates of 3.8% and dipping ... Read More

What To Look For In The June 2023 Jobs Report

The Employment Situation Report for June ... revisions to monthly job growth for the months of March and April. However, the unemployment rate did move up to 3.7%, testing the higher end of ... Read More

ADP Employment Report Shows Fewer Jobs Gains In April After Quits Hit Record High In March: Friday Payrolls In Focus

ADP said in its National Employment Report, which it complies with Moody's Analytics, that private sector jobs ... rate is forecast to tick lower, to a multi-decade trough of around 3.5%. Read More

Jobs Report

indicating a healthy jobs market even with the unemployment rate ticking up slightly to 3.9%. U.S. employers added 275,000 jobs in February, backing up the robust economy touted by President Joe ... Read More

Today's jobs report shows economy added booming 303K jobs in March, unemployment at 3.8%

The blockbuster report ... high of 7% it hit in mid-2022. Investors appeared to warm to the combination of big job gains and moderating wage growth that could keep the Fed's rough forecast of ... Read More

Dow Futures Slump, Tech Stocks Soar After Disappointing April Jobs Report

A million new jobs, soaring commodity prices and record high stocks has markets focused on inflation risks, not growth prospects, heading into today's April employment report. Wall Street futures ... Read More

5 takeaways from the March Employment Report

While the United States economy continues to slow, according to data from the latest jobs report ... in at 3.8% in March, lower than the 3.9% predicted but higher than the 3.7% registered in ... Read More

March jobs-report forecast: 200,000 new jobs and a 3.8% unemployment rate

The economy is forecast ... from 4.3%, putting it at the lowest level since June 2021. A big discrepancy has opened up between the two surveys the government uses to compile the jobs report. Read More