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…
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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…
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…
April Is Slow Growing
Spring is here, but cooler temperatures and rainy weather seem to have slowed down normal seasonal trends. “Slight growth” is probably the best way to describe the growth for U.S. manufacturers in April. The upside is that the overall US…
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,…
Salaries Trending Up Again
Salaries Trending Up Again US unemployment edged down to 5.5% in February. Manufacturers added over 8000 new jobs. Even as the strength of the US Dollar has cut into global profits, there continues to be an increase in new orders…