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Positive Momentum Heading into the New Year

November was an exciting month.  The Dow surged past record highs following the election even though the strong dollar is still impacting corporate profitability.  US manufacturing shrugged off uncertainties with a stronger than expected results.  The ISM manufacturing index rose…

Consumer Confidence Remains High for September

Rebounding slightly in September, US Manufacturing continues to maintain the mildly positive pace that it’s been on all year.  Obviously, certain industries are doing better that others, but consumer confidence continues to rise.  Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at…

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…

Employment Stays Strong in June

Summer’s here and so are new jobs for 287,000 Americans.  This is the largest single monthly job gain since October 2015.  After taking into account the Labor Department’s slightly downward revision of the estimates for April and May, these numbers…

Bruce Peacock & TRG Manufacturing Division Announces Successful Director (Class II Medical Device) Search

Richmond, VA June 2016 – Bruce Peacock and The Manufacturing Search Division of The Richmond Group USA (TRG) are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of a Director of Quality Assurance search for a Class II medical device startup. This…

Cautious Optimism Over Lower Unemployment Numbers

“The economy is on track to grow more than 2% in the second quarter, powered by rising home sales and steady consumer spending on an array of other goods and services.” Overall US unemployment is down to 4.7% which is…

What’s Your Plan?

In the years heading into “the Great Recession, a major concern for businesses was the coming brain drain, which would be caused by Boomers retiring in droves from the workplace, and taking with them their vast technical skills, historical knowledge,…

Unemployment Sneaks Down To 4.9%

While global economic fluctuations sent the stock market on a wild ride in January, the US unemployment rate dropped another 0.1% to 4.9%, which is its lowest level since February 2008. Economists are projecting some more wage and inflation pressure…

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…

US Down To 5% Unemployment

Manufacturing has been flat the last couple of months, but the overall economy seems to be doing well. We are now at 5% unemployment which is considered the threshold for full employment by the Fed and many private economists. This…