Breaking down the monthly BLS job report

Below are the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports on “The Employment Situation” — the bureau’s term for the monthly jobs ... Hiring Lab, said in a statement. The ... Read More

March Jobs Report Forecasts Show Still-Strong but Slowing Hiring Gains

Forecasts for the March jobs ... employment data: higher immigration. Data for the monthly jobs report comes from two sources. An “establishment survey” of businesses is used to calculate the ... Read More

Jobs Report: Strong Hiring Dims Fed Rate-Cut Hopes; S&P 500 Rises

The March jobs report showed hiring far surpassed expectations, as employers added 303,000 payroll positions, while the unemployment rate dipped. After the jobs report, the S&P 500 rose moderately ... Read More

Understand The Employment Report For What It Is...

The monthly job reports are being used by partisans to support political positions as elections approach. Click here for a detailed analysis. Read More

Jobs Report Today: Hiring Blows Past Projections

“The monetary policy implications of the March employment report ... jobs in March, which is a bit above the average monthly gain of 60,000 the sector has posted over the last year. In March ... Read More

What to expect from the March jobs report

The March jobs ... monthly gain of 270,000 recorded over the past 12 months. "The March jobs report will likely show a gentle softening in labor market conditions with private sector hiring ... Read More

Another Jobs Report Is About to Land. What the Fed Is Watching.

The March employment release isn’t going to be a “trend-changing type of report ... 184,000 jobs in March, up from 155,000 in February. It was the biggest monthly jump in hiring recorded ... Read More

Despite Strong Jobs Report, Fed Still Seen on Track to Cut Rates

The monthly jobs report ... employment right now is a steady but brisk rate of growth, slightly above the 1.7% averaged over 2015-19 before the pandemic,” says Caldwell. The March jump in hiring ... Read More

US jobs report for March is likely to point to slower but still-solid hiring

When the Labor Department releases the March jobs report ... of employment are calculated from a separate survey of 60,000 households. This survey has looked weaker: It shows that the number ... Read More

March jobs report: health care and government sectors added the most workers

as strong hiring in health care and the government helped to boost the overall payroll figure. Employers added 303,000 jobs in March, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report ... Read More

What another strong jobs report means for the mortgage industry

The U.S. economy added another 303,000 jobs in March, exceeding economists’ expectations, and well above the average monthly ... the full employment rate of 4%. Since August 2023, the unemployment ... Read More