Tag: Unemployment

Unemployment fell from 5 percent to 4.7 percent in May even as job growth nearly stalled out. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Why unemployment fell in May while job growth stalled

Joseph Lawler · June 3, 2016 2:32 pm

The number of people working part-time because their hours were cut or because they couldn't find a full-time job rose by 468,000 to 6.4 million in May, according to the monthly jobs report. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Involuntary part-time employment soars in May

Joseph Lawler · June 3, 2016 1:24 pm

The Verizon strike cost 35,000 jobs, according to the Bureau, but those jobs will be added back in future months. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Economy disappoints with 38,000 jobs in May, unemployment falls to 4.7 percent

Joseph Lawler · June 3, 2016 12:31 pm

Analysts had expected jobless claims to remain just about steady at 267,000. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Jobless claims fall for third straight week to 267,000

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2016 12:33 pm

Jobless claims, a leading indicator of the labor market's strength, had been running at historically low levels before a small spike up in early May. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Jobless claims fall back to 268,000

Joseph Lawler · May 26, 2016 12:31 pm

Economists had expected jobless claims to fall back to around 275,000 after rising to 294,000 last week. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Jobless claims fall to 278,000 in mid-May, extending hot streak

Joseph Lawler · May 19, 2016 12:32 pm

Federal Reserve officials, including Chairwoman Janet Yellen, have said that the U.S. economy is nearing full employment, but that some "slack" remains. (AP Photo)

Fed: Underemployment is worse than official stats suggest

Joseph Lawler · May 16, 2016 9:29 pm

First-time applications for unemployment benefits jumped to 274,000 in the last week of April. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims jump to 294,000, highest in a year

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2016 12:32 pm

Advertised job openings rose to 5.76 million in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Job openings rise to highest level in nearly a year

Joseph Lawler · May 10, 2016 2:23 pm

The past two months are the first time that, on a 12-month basis, more people have left unemployment for jobs than for falling out of the workforce since the recession began. (AP Photo)

Jobs trend: More workers are getting jobs than dropping out

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2016 2:33 pm

April's gains were short of the roughly 200,000 new jobs expected by private-sector economists surveyed by Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

April disappoints with 160,000 new jobs, unemployment rate 5 percent

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2016 12:32 pm

U.S. employment could be higher than what's consistent with a healthy economy, speculated James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Chris Goodney/Bloomberg)

Fed official: Economy may be ‘well beyond’ full employment

Joseph Lawler · May 5, 2016 4:44 pm