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August Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Adds 96,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Falls...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs last month, a weak figure that could slow the momentum President Barack Obama hoped to gain from his speech Thursday night to the Democratic National...

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Leading Financial Newsletter Profit Confidential Reports: Labor Force...

According to Michael Lombardi, lead contributor to Profit Confidential, the poor U.S. jobs report and new unemployment rate shouldn’t surprise Wall Street. While the numbers are lower than predicted,...

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Labor Force Participation Rate Lowest In Three Decades, Though Despair...

You might have heard that unemployment fell in August only because armies of the unemployed are despairing of finding work. The reality is more complicated -- but it's true enough that somebody should...

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Labor Force Shrinks By 367,000 — Participation Rate Falls To Its Lowest...

The overall jobs market was weak for August, and this number will get a lot of attention. The labor force shrunk by 367K and the participation rate has fallen to its lowest level since...

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Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Point Since January 2009

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their September jobs report Friday, and the news was better than expected. The national unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent, which is the lowest it has...

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Goldman Drops A Bomb On People Who Think The Unemployment Rate Was Cooked

Goldman thinks the unemployment rate number is solid despite all the hyperventilating and BLS terrorism out there. The most eye-catching part of this report is the 0.3-point drop in the unemployment...

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Wichita unemployment rate falls as labor force shrinks

Wichita Business Journal by Emily Behlmann, Web producer Date: Friday, September 21, 2012, 10:08am CDT The Wichita area's unemployment decreased in August, but so did the number of employed people....

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Blame Young, Single Men For The Shrinking Labor Force

As the unemployment rate recovers faster than job creation does, there's been much consternation about the quality of the job market improvement. Yes, the unemployment rate has fallen to 7.8%, but how...

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The Long Term Unemployment Rate Hits The Lowest Level In Nearly 3 Years

The jobs report largely beat expectations this morning, even as a change in the participation rate boosted the headline unemployment figure to 8.3 percent. One strong area of the report was the...

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CHART: Manufacturing Wages Shrink To Their Lowest Level In 5 Months

Manufacturing wages fell by $4.5 billion sequentially in May, new data out of the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows. The figure, which was hidden among a relatively good and expected report in the...

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And Now... Here's The REAL Reason The Unemployment Rate Has Fallen So Much...

The best news for President Obama is that the unemployment rate has steadily fallen in an election year, and had a big drop today. At a campaign event today, Mitt Romney sought to play down the...

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The Labor Force Participation Rate Is Up!

The unemployment rate tumbled to 7.8 percent this month from 8.1 percent last month, according to new data out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Nonfarm Payrolls report. The labor force participation...

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US unemployment rate falls to lowest level since 2008

A worker unloads grocery goods in Washington DC. The unemployment rate is now 5.8%. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images ...

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What The Unemployment And Labor Force Participation Rates Would Be If All Of...

Chart 1: Those not in the labor force who currently want a job. The unemployment rate has been falling sharply alongside a sizable drop in labor force participation. The labor force participation rate...

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Miss. jobless rate falls on labor force decline

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi's unemployment rate fell to 8 percent in December, as people continued to drop out of the labor force. A separate survey showed state employer payrolls rising slowly,...

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Here's What People Do When They Drop Out Of The Labor Force

Walter Kurtz Walter Kurtz writes the financial blog Sober Look. Recent Posts The Global Economic Slowdown Has Arrived Right On Schedule 5 Reasons Why Emerging Markets Are Selling Off 4 Reasons For The...

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CHART: How The American Labor Force Grew After The Last 10 Recessions

Earlier today, we learned that U.S. companies added 175,000 new jobs in May. However, the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.6% from 7.5% a month ago. This discrepancy can be explained by an increase in...

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The American Job Market Is Set For Its Best Year Since 1999

REUTERS/Jim YoungParty like its 1999 in America. This was a solid report with 248,000 jobs added and combined upward revisions to July and August of 69,000. As always we shouldn't read too much into...

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Labor Force Participation Rate Drops

The August nonfarm payrolls report was just released, missing economist expectations. The labor force participation rate fell to 63.2% from 63.4% the month before. The American economy added 169,000...

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This Is The Fed's Worst Fear: Falling Unemployment, With Growth Still Weak

On Friday, the government said that just 88,000 jobs were created in March, a number that came in well below expectations. And yet the unemployment rate fell again, with big drops seen in some key...

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Labor-participation rate drops to 36-year low

(ZeroHedge) While by now everyone should know the answer, for those curious why the US unemployment rate just slid once more to a meager 5.9%, the lowest point since the summer of 2008, the answer is...

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It's Easy To Get The Labor Force Participation Rate Story Wrong

Paul Kasriel is president of Econtrarian, LLC and is senior economic and investment advisor with Legacy Private Trust Company of Neenah, Wisconsin. Paul’s economic commentaries can be read on his blog,...

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BofA's Michelle Meyer On The Mass Exodus From The US Workforce That Will...

Bank of America economist Michelle Mayer has put out a long, new note one of the more controversial subjects in economics these days: The Labor Force Participation Rate. The Unemployment Rate has been...

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The Unemployment Rate Is Actually Much Bigger Than You Think

James Pethokoukis Email James Pethokoukis a columnist for American Enterprise Recent Posts Why A Decline In Income Inequality Would Be Bad News America's Entrepreneurial Culture Is Dying Bombshell New...

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October Jobless Rate Drops to Lowest Level in 6½ Years (Idaho Department of...

(Source: Idaho Department of Labor) Information Contact 1: (208) 332-3570 ext 3628 Information Contact 2: Bob Uhlenkott : (208) 332-3570 ext 3217 : Idaho's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped...

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Miss. jobless rate dips as labor force shrinks

Mississippi's unemployment rate ticked down to 8.5 percent in August as workers kept leaking out of the labor force. A separate survey showed state employer payrolls fell slightly. Both sets of figures...

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Research: The Labor Force Participation Rate Will Stay Flat Through 2015

Calculated Risk is a leading finance and economics blog written by Bill McBride Recent Posts Here's What To Watch If You're Worried About The Housing Recovery Will The Fed Taper In September If The...

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Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Level in Over Four Years

New York City’s unemployment rate plunged in April to 8.4 percent, its lowest level in more than four years, as widespread hiring easily offset continued weakness on Wall Street, the State Labor...

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Female participation in labor force hits 24-year low

Man, life in Obamaville gets tougher by the day. First, the man who rose to prominence thanks to the tech savviness of his handlers finds that his signature legislation — the law that will define his...

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Local jobless rate drops as labor force shrinks

Where are all the workers going? That was the question last week, after the state Labor Department reported that the local unemployment rate for April fell to a six-year low of 5.8 percent – the lowest...

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Miss. unemployment rate falls as labor force shrinks

Mississippi's unemployment rate ticked down to 8.5 percent in August as workers kept leaking out of the labor force. A separate survey showed state employer payrolls fell slightly. Both sets of figures...

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America's Oil Trade Deficit Shrinks To Its Lowest Level In 10 Years

REUTERS/Tim Chong The US trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in August as the oil deficit fell to a ten-year low. In August, the trade deficit was $40.1 billion, down from $40.3 billion in July, and...

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Jobless claims fall to 311,000, lowest level in six months

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 311,000, the lowest since late November and a hopeful sign hiring could pick up. The four-week...

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A Closer Look At The Oldest Segment Of The American Labor Force

Doug Short Doug Short is the vice president of research at Advisor Perspectives. Recent Posts Last Week's Massive Worldwide Stock Market Rally Had Only One Big... CHART: Chained CPI Versus Standard CPI...

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Read Goldman's Top Economist On Why The Labor Force Participation Rate Won't...

The Labor Force Participation Rate is at levels not seen since the 1970s. On Friday, the unemployment rate dived from 6.7% to 6.3%. But the good news was tempered by the massive 800K drop in the size...

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The Labor Force Participation Rate Is Now At A 35-Year Low

This morning's August jobs report brought us news that, once again, labor force participation dropped. The rate fell to 63.2% from 63.4% the month before. That's the lowest since August 1978. So as the...

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Public Spending On Construction Hits Its Lowest Levels Since 2001

Here's a pretty remarkable chart showing the decline of public spending on construction (roads, bridges, public housing, sewage systems, etc.)....

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THE WHITE HOUSE: This Is Why The Labor Force Participation Rate Keeps Falling

The labor force participation rate is one of the most buzzed about parts of the monthly jobs report. The labor force participation rate, or the percent of the civilian population over 15 that is either...

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The Labor Force Participation Rate Actually Fell In February

Today, nonfarm payrolls blew past expectations. Payrolls added in February amounted to 236,000 versus economists' predictions of a 165,000 gain. However, the labor force participation rate ticked down...

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MICHELLE MEYER: The Labor Force Participation Rate's Freefall Is About To Stop

We recently gave you UBS economist Drew Matus' opinion of why the labor force participation rate — the size of the labor force as a percentage of the overall population — is falling. Basically, Matus...

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ARE YOU CONCERNED WITH THE FALLING LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE EVEN AS THE...

"> YES U.S. labor-force participation has fallen to a level not seen since the early 1980s, allowing the unemployment rate to fall without relying on job growth. Some decline was expected from baby...

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A Lot Of People Have The Labor Force Participation Rate Story All Wrong

Drew Matus, UBS The labor force participation rate fell to 63.3 percent in March. This is the lowest level since 1979. Many are quick to attribute this falling rate due to workers leaving the labor...

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LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE FALLS TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1978

The April jobs report beat expectations today. U.S. companies added 288,000 nonfarm payrolls, which was much stronger than the 218,000 expected by economists. The unemployment rate tumbled to 6.3% from...

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Labor Force Participation Falls To Its Lowest Rate Since 1978

Today's jobs report, while overall very strong, showed a slight tick down in the labor force participation rate, from 62.8% last month to 62.7% this month. It's now at the lowest rate since 1978:...

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Labor Force Participation Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since 1979

Today's nonfarm payrolls number was well below expectations. It came in at 88,000 versus the 190,000...

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