Tag: Oil & Gas

New Jobs and 95.1% Employment Rate for July

US unemployment held steady at 4.9% for July with 255,000 new jobs added for the month.  While we continue to deal with the fallout from the ups and downs of the oil & gas industry, international currency fluctuations, and national…

Cheap Gas Moves Cars

Cheap oil continues to help and hurt US manufacturing.  The automotive industry led manufacturing losses during the recession but has been an area of strength and growth for US manufacturing in the last few years.  Sales of cars and light…