A coalition of U.S. oil producing states has asked the Trump administration for stimulus funds to hire laid off energy workers to plug abandoned wells, a proposal aimed at fending off unemployment while tackling a growing environmental problem, a …
From The Hill
The U.S. economy added 155,000 jobs in November, below estimates and cooler than October, but the labor market continues to maintain momentum.
The unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent for the third straight month, the lowest level …
The U.S unemployment rate has now dropped to 3.8%. Unemployment rates have not been this low since 2000, and the trajectory is down from double digit unemployment in 2009-2010 in the …
A report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas indicated that, in May, employment in the Permian basin remained steady, hovering around 158,000 jobs since February. This comes following the period between mid-2014 and early-2016, when Permian employment dropped from …
According to the U.S. government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ job numbers released today, in September 7.9 million people were unemployed, which is 5% of 158 million people with jobs in …
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the June report on unemployment today. Unemployment fell from 5.0% to 4.7% and the economy added only 38,000 jobs in May. The job gain was the lowest since 2010.
In the last few years, …
The U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in January, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The additional jobs pushed unemployment below the 5% …
292,000 new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in December, according to information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Most of the added jobs came from construction, health care and business …
The energy boom brought on by hydraulic fracturing helped to soften the blow from the Great Recession, a new study conducting by the National Bureau of Economic Research found. …
Jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics came in weaker than expected for September today, sending the U.S. 10-year bond and oil prices down. The economy created an …
The United States unemployment rate fell to a post-recession low of 5.3% in June, according to information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The drop in U.S. unemployment came as welcome …
93 Million Non-Working AmericansThe United States Bureau of Labor Statistics defines people not in the work force as being 16 years and older who are not employed and have not “made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the …
Unemployment in the United States has fallen to its lowest levels since 2008, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. unemployment fell to 5.5% in the month of February. The last time unemployment was below 5.6% …
The oil boom has been good to North Dakota workers.
With almost 3 job openings for every unemployed worker, North Dakota has retained the lowest unemployment rate in the country, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics September report. …
The Federal Reserve (Fed) announced the addition of 169,000 jobs in its August 2013 report, and said the 7.3% unemployment rate is the lowest in five years. More than 300,000 jobs were added since June 2013. Average hourly earnings rose …
A recent CNBC article wrote:
“The new year started off with an old story: Employment grew again in January but not at a pace able to lower the jobless rate.
Nonfarm payrolls rose 157,000 for the first month of 2013 …
