Another month of similar job numbers

Once again, economists waited for the BLS report to determine if the unemployment data for April would be similar to that of March or if it would increase back to numbers seen in early 2012. Read More »

Year-to-year joblessness continued to fall within a majority of metropolitan areas

According to the BLS’ most recently published “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment” report, which was released on May 2nd, joblessness continued to decease within a majority of the United States’ metropolitan areas in March. Read More »

Private sector hiring doesn’t perform as well as hoped

On May 4th, the BLS released its most recent “The Employment Situation” report, which revealed that, for the second consecutive month, private sector hiring was not nearly as extensive in April as it was in January and February. Read More »

Where is the economy headed?

During the last week of April, the U.S. Department of Commerce released its latest report concerning first quarter 2012 economic growth projections. Read More »