In today’s business environment, seniors housing and care leaders can often access capital through a phone call or a single meeting. They can develop strategy on a weekend leadership retreat. When it comes to solving workforce issues, however, no easy solutions have arisen, leaving the industry with a constant problem that just doesn’t seem to be going away any time…
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The Labor Department reported that there were 75,000 jobs added in May, well below the downwardly revised gain of 244,000 in April and below the consensus expectation of 180,000. The deceleration in growth may reflect the effects of slowing global growth and the waning effects of the tax cuts and government spending. Nevertheless, this marked the 104th consecutive month of…
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The Labor Department reported that there were 263,000 jobs added in April, above the consensus expectation of 190,000. This marked the 103rd consecutive month of job growth. The latest six-month average is 200,000, less than last year’s 223,000 monthly average but still very strong for this stage of the economic expansion.
Revisions added 16,000 to the prior two months. Monthly…
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The Labor Department reported that there were 196,000 jobs added in March, above the consensus expectation of 177,000. This marked the 102nd consecutive month of job growth. The latest three-month average is 180,000, less than last year’s 223,000 monthly average but still strong and consistent with more modest growth anticipated for 2019.
January was revised up from 311,000 to 312,000…
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The Labor Department reported that there were only 20,000 jobs added in February, well below the consensus expectation of 180,000. This marked the 101st consecutive month of job growth. While February was weak, January was very strong. The latest three-month average is 186,000, less than last year’s 223,000 monthly average but consistent with more modest growth anticipated for 2019.
January…
