Tag: Labor Department
Producer prices in U.S. increase in Oct. by most since 2012
NEW YORK - United States producer prices rose more than forecast in October for the biggest jump in six years on broad gains in...
Jobless claims fell last week amid tight U.S. labor market
NEW YORK - United States filings for unemployment benefits held near an almost five-decade low, indicating a robust job market, Labor Department figures showed...
Unemployment in Providence metro falls 0.5 percentage points in Sept.
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in both the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area and in Rhode Island declined 0.5 percentage points year over year to 3.5 percent...
U.S. job openings decline from record; Quits rate stays elevated
NEW YORK - United States job openings fell in September from a record in the previous month while Americans continued to voluntarily leave their...
Millennial men leave perplexing hole in hot U.S. job market
NEW YORK - Nathan Butcher is 25 and, like many men his age, he isn’t working.Weary of long days earning minimum wage, he quit his...
U.S. payrolls rise above-forecast 250,000 as wage gains hit 3.1%
NEW YORK - United States hiring rebounded by more than forecast in October, annual wage gains topped 3 percent for the first time since 2009...
U.S. productivity posts best back-to-back quarters since 2015
NEW YORK - Productivity gains in the United States posted the best back-to-back quarters since 2015, echoing a pickup in economic growth and offering some...
Americans save less to sustain spending as income gains cool
NEW YORK - Americans kept on spending in September as income gains cooled, pushing down the savings rate to the lowest this year. Inflation matched...
Jobless claims fell last week amid strong U.S. labor market
NEW YORK - United States filings for unemployment benefits fell last week and continuing claims dropped to the lowest level since 1973, indicating the job...
U.S. producer prices increase for first time in 3 months
NEW YORK - United States producer prices rose for the first time in three months amid a surge in gauges reflecting airfares and rail-transportation...
