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Private payrolls grew by only 98k jobs in June according to ADP report. Economists had expected closer to 118k jobs. One retail giant cuts 15k staff to protect margins amid sluggish hiring. Planned layoffs dropped but overall job market stays weak. Unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 percent for now. Job market is cooling faster …
Job creation in the US has slowed to essentially zero, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday as the Fed released its latest economic projections, which included slightly higher economic growth than previously projected and little change to the unemployment rate. Altogether, Powell said, central bankers see “a degree of stability” in the labor market. …
Nonfarm payrolls in February fell by 92,000, compared to the estimate for 50,000 and below the downwardly revised January total of 126,000. It was the third time in five months that the economy lost jobs. Health care, the primary growth driver in payrolls, saw a loss of 28,000 due largely to a strike at Kaiser …
BREAKING: BLS estimates the US economy ADDED +130,000 jobs in January, above expectations of +55,000. Over 60% of employment gains came from healthcare. The unemployment rate declined to 4.3%, from, 4.45 and below expectations of 4.4%. Revisions reduced job growth in November and December by a combined -17,000 versus prior reports. In other words, ALL …
BREAKING: Experts SHOCKED as the United States adds stunning +119,000 THOUSAND JOBS – despite only +50,000 expected Federal government -3,000 jobs. WOW! CNBC can HARDLY BELIEVE IT. “Nonfarm payrolls up a ROBUST 119K! 119K is the best since April!” 🚨 BREAKING: Experts SHOCKED as the United States adds stunning +119,000 THOUSAND JOBS – despite only …
Don’t worry, we got a 0.25 basis cut last month. That will fix everything. ADP PRIVATE PAYROLLS COMES IN AT -32K JOBS VS +51K EXPECTED first time since 2020 for two consecutive months of negative private payrolls — amit (@amitisinvesting) October 1, 2025 Gold futures headed higher after the government shutdown begins: https://t.co/vXkwFulwUp — Reef …
So many indicators all pointing in one direction. pic.twitter.com/Mb0acTBoQp — Alan Boyce (@AlanBoyce47) September 23, 2025 so are business and professional services.. pic.twitter.com/LVp0SPEILF — Gavin Campbell (@steelbridgecap) September 24, 2025 The layoffs are coming.They know it. “We are at serious risk of already being behind the curve in addressing deteriorating labor market conditions. Should these …
Labor market stays warm signs of slowdown below the surface… BLS HOT HOT HOT!: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 147,000 in June, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in state government and health care. Federal government continued to… — Sold …
⚠️BREAKING: *U.S. Q1 GDP FALLS -0.3%, EST. 0.2%; PREV. 2.4% 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/mahT0YOWbX — Investing.com (@Investingcom) April 30, 2025 Breaking Q1 GDP first look. -.3% vs -.2% exp. Recession? Pricing index 3.7% vs 3.2% expectations Stagflation? Oof 🤦♂️ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) April 30, 2025 Yields up. Stocks getting REKT pic.twitter.com/ZVvzwrx8hX — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) April …
⚠️BRACE FOR MORE US JOB MARKET DATA REVISIONS⚠️ Nonfarm payrolls will likely be revised DOWNWARD by another ~300,000 jobs for 2Q 2024. This is according to the QCEW data released by the BLS. If this trend continues, it will turn out that August and October saw JOB LOSSES. pic.twitter.com/rA3cgv6En6 — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) December …
Nonfarm payrolls expanded by 142,000 during August, down from 89,000 in July and below the 161,000 consensus forecast. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2%, as expected. However, the “real” unemployment rate edged up to 7.9%, its highest reading since October 2021. The previous two months saw substantial downward revisions. The BLS cut July’s total …
US outstrips expectations with 272,000 jobs added in May https://t.co/aXJ5Z4ehoT — Financial Times (@FT) June 7, 2024 Probably nothing https://t.co/Arf3av21Aj — The Macro Guy (@SagarSinghSetia) June 7, 2024 You can't make this up: First you say the economy added ~150K-200K jobs a month to a total ~500,000 in a quarter showing that everything is wonderful. …
How is this so inaccurately reported? https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/february-jobs-report-today/card/labor-department-cuts-167-000-jobs-from-december-and-january-payrolls-FrRetAnGWH85TGfCeJ8n
by confoundedinterest17 Preliminary benchmark revision smaller than some had projected Biggest payrolls adjustment in transportation and warehousing Are you surprised that the Biden Administration has been lying about job creation?? Not really since Biden compulsively lies about everything. Including his corruption. US job growth was probably less robust in the year through March than previously …
452k additional part-time jobs from economic reasons:“partially reflecting an increase in the number of persons whose hours were cut due to slack work or business conditions…"More people are trying to get full-time jobs at same time businesses are cutting them… — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) July 7, 2023 Revisions for Apr and May were negative …
ADP Private payrolls 497K, Exp. 225K, Last 278K — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 6, 2023 The ADP job growth was leisure/hospitality, education, and trade/utilities. High-paying Information, finance and professional jobs all declined pic.twitter.com/gdaLWID3i7 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 6, 2023 WTF! ADP Reports Massive Surge In Employment In June https://t.co/ycZE5Cy2FH — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 6, 2023 Karine …
by DesmondMilesDant What is going on here at the Non-Farm payrolls report? Let me confuse you from something in 2008. According to the most recent jobs report, nonfarm payrolls increased by 339 thousand in January. This is good news for the economy, as it indicates that more people are finding work. However, there was a …