Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The United States economy added 156,000 jobs in August 2017 while the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.4 percent during the month, according to the Employment Situation for August 2017 report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The United States economy added 209,000 jobs in July 2017 while the unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.3 percent, according to the Employment Situation Report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The United States economy added 222,000 jobs in June 2017 while the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.4 percent, according to The Employment Situation report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The United States economy added 138,000 jobs in May 2017 while the unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.3 percent – its lowest level since 2001 – according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation report. Continue reading →

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The United States economy added 211,000 jobs in April 2017 while the unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.4 percent, according to The Employment Situation report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The United States economy added 98,000 jobs in March 2017 while the unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage point to 4.5 percent, according to The Employment Situation report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The United States economy added 235,000 jobs in February 2017 while the unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.7 percent, according to the Employment Situation report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The United States economy added 227,000 jobs in January 2017 while the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage point to 4.8 percent, according to the Employment Situation report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Continue reading →

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The United States economy added 156,000 jobs in December of 2016 while the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.7 percent, according to the Employment Situation report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The unemployment rate in the United States decreased by 0.3 percentage points to 4.6 percent while the economy added 178,000 jobs in November of 2016, according to the Employment Situation report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →