The unemployment rate declined by 0.3 percentage point to 4.7 percent in May, and confirm payroll employment changed little (+38,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in health care. Mining continued to lose jobs, and employment in information decreased due to a strike. Household Survey Data In May, the unemployment rate declined by 0.3 … Continue reading
It is possible that 2014 will be the best year since 1999 for both total nonfarm and private sector employment. Also employment has reached another milestone: total employment is now 98,000 above the previous peak, and and at a new all time high in May. Of course the labor force has continued to increase over … Continue reading