US unemployment “progress”
A chart via Nomura to keep in the back of your head as you eagerly anticipate this Friday’s BLS employment situation report in the US:In the grey line, Nomura economists...
Labor Market Continues to Show Signs of Improvement
Filed under: Employees, Economic Data, Workspace, RecessionAccording to the ADP Employer Services Report, the private sector added 201,000 new jobs in March, basically in-line with 203,000 new jobs that analysts had been expecting to see.
February's fi...
Week in Preview: Mosaic, Family Dollar Earnings and March Unemployment Rate
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Economic DataThe calendar quarter winds down this week and quarterly reports are due from Apollo Group (APOL), CarMax (KMX), Global Payments (GPN), Krispy Kreme (KKD), Lennar (LEN) a...
Ray of Light: U.S. Private Sector Hiring Increases
Filed under: Good news, Economic Data, Federal Reserve, RecessionThis past week's data point of significance for investors has to be the February nonfarm payroll report by the U.S. Department of Labor, which indicated that the U.S. economy created 192,...
Week in Preview: Unemployment Rate, Retail Earnings, Bernanke Testimony
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, AutoZone Inc (AZO), Economic Data, Federal ReserveThis week we turn the calendar page, and that change brings with it a raft of economic data. Scheduled for release on Monday are pending home sales and personal...
Economy Adds Only 36,000 Jobs in January
Filed under: Economic Data, Federal ReserveThe jobs number is disappointing at best. Only 36,000 jobs were added in January, according to the Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones news wires had forecast an increase of 136,000. The unemployment rate fell to 9...
Week in Preview: January Employment Data, UPS Earnings and More
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, United Parcel'B' (UPS), Economic Data, Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Federal ReserveFriday's fourth-quarter GDP numbers offered more evidence that the economy is picking up steam, but one of the biggest obstacles to t...
Week in Preview: Unemployment Rate, Retail and Auto Sales
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Economic Data, Federal ReserveAlthough the U.S. economy has added jobs in recent months, the unemployment rate remains uncomfortably high at 9.8%. The rate for December is due out on...
Australia’s Job Boom Continues – Is the U.S. Next?
Filed under: Forecasts, Employees, CommoditiesAustralia's economy added 54,600 jobs in October. What, you ask, does that have to do with U.S. investing?
Well, adjusting for Australia's population, November's job growth down under is the equivalent of ...
Unemployment Data Is Disturbing, Underemployment Numbers Are Staggering
Filed under: Economic Data, Financial CrisisThis morning, my colleague Connie Madon reported that initial jobless claims showed a disappointing gain of just 39,000 jobs and an unemployment rate at a seven-month high of 9.8%. Remember that the Street ex...
Week in Preview: Unemployment Rate, Fed’s Beige Book, Canadian Banks
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Canada, Economic Data, Federal ReserveBlack Friday has come and gone and the holiday shopping season is off and running. In addition to keeping on eye on how retailers are doing, there will be plenty of other e...
Week in Preview: Election, QE2, Unemployment and More Earnings
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Starbucks (SBUX), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), Economic Data, Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), Stocks to Buy, Federal Reserve, Marathon Oil (MRO)It will be a busy week. Republicans are poised to gain control of the Hou...
