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Clear filtersFebruary 2001 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate held at 4.2 percent in February, and total nonfarm employment rose by 135,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Large job losses continued in manufacturing, where…
January 2001 Employment Situation
Unemployment increased in January, and payroll employment rose by 268,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Construction employment increased by 145,000, after seasonal adjustment, as…
December 2000 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for December 2000 was 150.6 (June 1989=100), an increase of 4.1 percent from December 1999, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment…
December 2000 Employment Situation
Employment rose modestly in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.0 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 105,000, as gains…
November 2000 Employment Situation
Payroll employment increased by 94,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.0 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment rose by 148,000 in the…
October 2000 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate held at 3.9 percent in October, and total nonfarm employment rose by 137,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Among the major industry divisions, construction had the…
September 2000 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for September 2000 was 149.5 (June 1989=100), an increase of 4.3 percent from September 1999, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment…
September 2000 Employment Situation
Total nonfarm employment rose by 252,000 in September, and the unemployment rate declined to 3.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. After adjusting for the net return of striking…
August 2000 Employment Situation
Total nonfarm employment fell by 105,000 in August, while the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. A further decline in the number of temporary…
July 2000 Employment Situation
Total nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 108,000 in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Private-sector payroll employment rose by 138,000, but this was more than offset by a decline…
June 2000 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for June 2000 was 148.0 (June 1989=100), an increase of 4.4 percent from June 1999, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment Cost Index…
June 2000 Employment Situation
Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Private- sector payroll employment rose by 206,000, following a decline of 165,000 (as revised)…
April 2000 Employment Situation
Employment rose in April, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 340,000; this includes 73,000…
March 2000 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index for March 2000 was 146.5 (June 1989=100), not seasonally adjusted, an increase of 4.3 percent from March 1999, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment Cost Index…
March 2000 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose in March and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 416,000 over the month. This…
February 2000 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate was little changed in February at 4.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment edged up by 43,000 following a large increase in January (384,000).…
January 2000 Employment Situation
Employment rose in January, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.0 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 387,000. There were…
December 1999 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index for December 1999 was 144.6 (June 1989=100), not seasonally adjusted, an increase of 3.4 percent from December 1998, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment Cost…
November 1999 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose in November, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 234,000. Employment in…
September 1999 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for September 1999 was 143.3 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.1 percent from September 1998, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment…
September 1999 Employment Situation
Payroll employment was essentially unchanged in September, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment declined in manufacturing and retail…
August 1999 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose modestly in August, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by…
July 1999 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose in July, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 310,000. Job gains continued…
June 1999 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for June 1999 was 141.8 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.2 percent from June 1998, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment Cost Index…
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