Why the labor market could be the only hope for another Fed rate cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears confident in the US labor market. But that means any signs of a slowdown could ...
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U.S. payrolls grew by 256,000 in December, much more than expected; unemployment rate falls to 4.1%
"You're never going to hear me complain ... at something like the full employment rate." Job growth came from the familiar sources of health care (up 46,000), leisure and hospitality (43,000 ...
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We're on the brink of an unemployment fiasco
Ultimately, employment follows economic growth ... In other words, it's rare to see the unemployment rate go up only "a little bit." One way to visualize this is the Beveridge curve, which ...
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Public Employment Still Hasn’t Caught Up From The Great Recession
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate ... employment had stayed the same since before the Great Recession. The underinvestment in public services has added up over ...
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Rate cuts, strong employment, and lower prices: 5 bullish predictions for 2025 from Goldman Sachs
Investors feeling nervous about markets and the economy have a number of reasons to cheer up, with several bullish factors set to keep the rally going next ... term borrowing rates for small ...
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Canadian employment sees growth in December, unemployment rate drops
The increase in December pushed the employment rate of core-aged men up 0.2 percentage points to 86.7%. Employment for core-aged women was virtually unchanged in December and the employment rate ...