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| | | ... by the polar vortex and BLS revisions to the data and the many moving parts - employment, unemployment rate, participation rate, weekly hours worked, etc - in the report, it would help to keep our fingers crossed. |
| | | | ... October from 7.2% in the previous month. And this time, the uptick is accompanied by a corresponding drop in the participation rate from 63.2% to 62.8% -- the lowest since 1978. Lesser people looking for work and yet the unemployment rate went up? That's ... |
| | | | ... - down to 7.2% in September from 7.9% at the start of this year. But it was adulterated by the fall in the participation rate to 63.2% -- the lowest since 1978. So quando, quando, quando? Financial markets are now bracing for a March taper (give or take ... |
| | | | ... Yup, it's the unemployment rate dropping to 6.5% but provided that this fall is not due to declines in the participation rate. Perhaps, if you and I and Irene focused on this, we would not be surprised a tiny bit that the Fed did what it did last month...not ... |
| | | | Total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance prices have gone up 10% in the last year, but the insurance market is still under pressure from increasing claim rates and failure to adapt products to social trends. A Rice Warner Wholesale Insurance Market ... |
| | | | ... leaving the work force." If the economy was creating jobs, people would be going back to the work force and the participation rate would be growing, instead of falling. |
| | | | ... another 70,000 to the total jobs tally. The unemployment rate steadied at 7.6% due largely to an increase in the participation rate (yup, more workers are encouraged to look for jobs). Wall Street has come back around to what Virginia and I have been ... |
| | | | ... in the US labour market since 2010 - i.e., 150K monthly addition to payrolls and half a point decline in the participation rate per year. And that's barring unforeseen events that could disrupt the positive momentum in America between now and the "late ... |
| | | | ... expectations. Plus, the unemployment rate rose to its highest level since September 2009 to 5.6%. Plus, the participation rate fell. Plus, the aggregate monthly hours worked dropped. You know what follows don't you now Virginia? Interest rate cuts are ... |
| | | | ... steadying at 5.4% -- actually, the jobless rate was lower in February 5.37% against January's 5.40% -- for the participation rate increased to 65.3% last month from 65.0%. Could it be that we've finally arrived? That the lagging indicator that is employment ... |
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