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The Labor Department reported that there were 103,000 jobs created in the U.S. economy in March, below the consensus expectation of 185,000. This followed an upwardly revised and very large gain in February of 326,000 and marked the 90th consecutive month of positive job gains for the U.S. economy. Over the past year, nonfarm payrolls are up 1.5%. Through…
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What strategies can be used to mitigate today’s tight labor markets? Below are some ideas that I hope will stimulate conversation and dialog about a topic that is here to stay. Collectively, let’s keep adding to this list and generate additional ideas about practical and implementable solutions to the ever-growing challenge of today’s tight labor markets.
These ideas fall into…
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The Labor Department reported that there were 313,000 jobs created in the U.S. economy in February. This was above the consensus expectation of 205,000 jobs. This marked the 89th consecutive month of positive job gains for the U.S. economy. Revisions added 54,000 jobs to the prior two months.
The labor force participation rate, which is a measure of the share…
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The Labor Department reported that there were 200,000 jobs created in the U.S. economy in January. This was above the consensus expectation of 180,000 jobs. This marked the 88th consecutive month of positive job gains for the U.S. economy. Revisions subtracted 24,000 jobs to the prior two months. For all of 2017, the economy generated 2.2 million jobs. This marks…
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The Labor Department reported that there were 228,000 jobs created in the U.S. economy in November. This was above the consensus expectation of 200,000 jobs. This marked the 86th consecutive month of positive job gains for the U.S. economy. Revisions were minimal, adding 3,000 jobs to the prior two months.
Health care added 30,000 jobs in November. Health care has…
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