Jobs Data

Private sector employment rose in August, taking its biggest jump in three months and increasing broadly across several sectors, according to the ADP National Employment Report based on private payroll data released Thursday. Non-farm private sector employment increased by 195,000 jobs from July to...

A month ago, the June Fed meeting looked like it might be a turning point. After several years of rate increases, it appeared that many investors expected Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and company to loosen the screws a bit as the economy slowed. That was then, this is now. As we head into June,...

The S&P 500 bull market set a new record for the longest in history this week, reaching 3,453 days in duration. Since the bull market began, the S&P 500 has gained 323.3 percent and the economy has dramatically improved. Unfortunately, some key metrics for everyday Americans haven’t...

The December 2017 non-farm payroll report revealed the U.S. unemployment rate was at 4.1 percent for the third consecutive month, the lowest since 2000. Wages rose 9 cents, marking the biggest monthly increase in 2017, compared to a 5-cent increase in November. Even as the data points showed a...

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD)'s chief strategist JJ Kinahan took a few minutes out of his day to talk about Friday's jobs report with Benzinga. Kinahan was quick to point out that the jobs report, which showed the U.S. economy added 235,000 jobs, was "very positive." he headline number...

CNBC's Rick Santelli is known for his impassioned analysis and rants. After Friday's monthly jobs report, he offered his take on why the stocks remain a good buy at current levels. Santelli was quick to point out that while the economy added 227,000 jobs in February, President Donald Trump's...

Gary Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, said Friday the latest jobs report was a "perfect number" and "exactly where it needed to be." Speaking to CNBC after the release of February's jobs data, he said the jobs number also serves as a sign that the Trump...

The U.S. government reported on Friday that the economy added 227,000 jobs throughout January, which exceeded economists' predictions of 175,000. TD Ameritrade's JJ Kinahan, managing director of client advocacy and market structure, took a few minutes to chat with Benzinga about the jobs report....

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its first jobs report of 2017 on Friday, which covers the final month of 2016. December Jobs Report According to Bloomberg, the following data sets can be expected: Non-farm payrolls to rise 151,000 to 210,000 from November's level. Unemployment to...

Another labor market indicator is out, and the data is consistent with the recent deduction that the labor market is alive and kicking. This could be a good omen for president-elect Donald Trump, as he is set to take the reins of the world's largest economy. Jobless Claims A Labor Department...

Consumer spending for the month of September rose 0.5 percent from a month earlier, which exceeded the 0.4 percent growth economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal were expecting. The Wall Street Journal further noted that personal-consumption expenditures rose at a 2.1 percent pace in the...

Jed Kolko, chief economist for the job site Indeed, commented on Friday's jobs report, which he described as being "solid enough" but not a "gangbuster" report. Friday's jobs report showed that the U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in September, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.0...

As August comes to a close, investor attention will now focus on Friday's monthly job report — and for good reason. Mohamed El-Erian wrote in an op-ed published on Bloomberg whether the coming jobs report could influence the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates. The economist...

Bill Gross, the notable bond investor, thinks Friday's U.S. jobs report isn't as "hunky-dory" as it may seem. Speaking to Bloomberg Television on Friday, Gross noted that while Friday's job report showed that employers added 287,000 jobs, the jobless rate also rose one-fifth of a percentage point...