Tag: unemployment rate

Unemployment Remains at 6.3% as Economy Adds 217,000 Jobs

Unemployment Remains at 6.3% as Economy Adds 217,000 Jobs

| June 6, 2014

In yet another sign of a burgeoning economy, the U.S. unemployment held steady at 6.3% and the economy added 217,000 non-farm payroll jobs. The most recent government report noted that employment increased in professional and business services, health care and social assistance, food services and drinking places, and transportation and warehousing. Over the year, the […]

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US nonfarm payrolls at 203,000; unemployment rate at 7%

US nonfarm payrolls at 203,000; unemployment rate at 7%

| December 6, 2013

Courtesy of CNBC: Job creation moved forward again in November, with the U.S. economy adding a better-than-expected 203,000 to the employment rolls in news that could cloud the future of monetary policy. The unemployment rate fell to 7 percent, a move that could trigger the Federal Reserve into action on its monthly liquidity-infusion program. Economists […]

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