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Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... cent in the previous month because Americans have simply given up looking for work. This is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website: "The number of unemployed reentrants to the labor force fell by 286,000 in May, offsetting an increase in April." ...

Paradox of thrift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... payrolls report was spun favourably despite coming in worse than market expectations? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 132K jobs were created in America last month. Hip, hip... Never mind that this is short of the forecast addition of 200K. ...

Iffy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... weather, that is. In fact, even Kieth Hall, the Commissioner of the agency that counted the numbers - the Bureau of Labor Statistics - "cannot say how much February's payroll employment was affected by the severe weather." Financial markets expect the ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... that we've witnessed over the course of this week's activity. How so? At the end of last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that US non-farm payrolls fell by 36K in February versus expectations for a 50K drop. The unemployment rate steadied ...

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... weather factor. Cause even Kieth Hall, the Commissioner of the agency that counted the numbers - the Bureau of Labor Statistics - "cannot say how much February's payroll employment was affected by the severe weather." So what do we do now? We wait until ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... comes to shove. Now for the American labour market. There was something for everyone in the latest US Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Something for the bears. US non-farm payrolls fell 20,000 in January - expectations were for a 15,000 gain - following ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... former fat cats of Wall Street, they will be lucky to afford half a can of soup. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics non-farm payrolls plummeted by 533,000 in November - the biggest one-month fall in 34 years. This brings the total number ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... the week ended 27 September - the highest since the September 11 terrorists attacks in 2001. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics explains that the estimate has been elevated by around 45,000 due to Hurricanes Ike and Gustav. But even accounting for this ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sag on mixed economic data

... shortened session lower, as new data provided mixed signals about the strength of the recovery. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported payrolls declined by 30,000 in June and the unemployment rate rose to a new 9-year high of 6.4%. But the ISM said ...
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