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Clear filtersJune 1999 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose in June, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 268,000.…
May 1999 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate, at 4.2 percent, was little changed in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of nonfarm payroll jobs edged up by 11,000, following a large increase of…
April 1999 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose in April, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 234,000. Job gains…
March 1999 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for March 1999 was 140.4 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.0 percent from March 1998, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment Cost…
March 1999 Employment Situation
Employment was little changed in March, and the unemployment rate declined to 4.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by only 46,000. Employment…
February 1999 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose in February, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 275,000; large…
January 1999 Employment Situation
Employment rose in January 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 rose by 245,000, about in line with the average…
December 1998 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI), not seasonally adjusted, for December 1998 was 139.8 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.4 percent from December 1997, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI…
December 1998 Employment Situation
Employment rose in December and the unemployment rate, at 4.3 percent, was little changed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 378,000. Growth was spread…
November 1998 Employment Situation
Employment increased in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 267,000, with sizable job gains in…
October 1998 Employment Situation
Payroll employment grew modestly, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.6 percent in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of payroll jobs was up by 116,000, following…
September 1998 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI), not seasonally adjusted, for September 1998 was 139.0 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.7 percent from September 1997, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI…
September 1998 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose slightly, and unemployment was virtually unchanged at 4.6 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment was up by only 69,000. The…
August 1998 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose, and unemployment was unchanged in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 365,000, in part because workers who were off…
July 1998 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose slightly, and unemployment was unchanged in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 66,000 to 125.8 million, as growth was…
June 1998 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI), not seasonally adjusted, for June 1998 was 137.4 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.5 percent from June 1997, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI measures…
June 1998 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose in June, and the unemployment rate edged up to 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment grew by 205,000, following 2 months of gains…
May 1998 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose in May, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 296,000 with all the…
April 1998 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate declined to 4.3 percent in April; from November through March, the rate had been either 4.6 or 4.7 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 262,000, following a small decline in March. Manufacturing was weak for…
March 1998 Employment Situation
Both nonfarm payroll employment and the unemployment rate were about unchanged in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Following 5 months of strong growth, the number of payroll jobs…
February 1998 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.6 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of payroll jobs rose by 310,000,…
January 1998 Employment Situation
Employment rose substantially in January, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 358,000, with large gains…
December 1997 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) for December 1997 was 135.2 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.3 percent from December 1996, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI measures changes in…
December 1997 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose substantially in December, following a similar increase in November, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported…
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