Two Things That Will Move the Market Today

April Jobs Report Stocks are reacting well to the April Jobs report. Investors and traders are looking at the number of jobs created in April –...

Three Things That Will Drive the Market Today

One: Wall Street Braces for Jerome Powell’s Interest Rate Decision At 2:00 pm EST this afternoon, Jerome Powell will announce the results of the...

Four Things That Will Move the Market This Week

One: Apple’s Earnings iPhone manufacturer Apple (AAPL) will release their quarterly earnings on Thursday after the market closes. Analysts have...

How the BLS Fudges Jobs Report Numbers with Seasonal Adjustments

Jobs report data, like July's, is known to include seasonally adjusted...

2015 Job Layoffs Up 31% Year Over Year in August

Job layoffs in August were a notable improvement from July. However, the 2015 year-to-date total is up 31% from the same period a year ago....

U.S. Jobs Report Shows Highest Layoff Total in Four Years

The U.S. jobs report showed 105,696 pink slips were handed out last month as job cuts skyrocketed to the highest level in four years....

Stay Away from This Irrational Indulgence

When I see the market rally mindlessly - as it did on Friday, after the jobs report pushed the jobless rate down to 5.4%- I ask myself a set of...

Here's How Bad Job Layoffs in the U.S. Are Now

Job layoffs in the U.S. soared 68% in April. Low oil prices pressured companies across all sectors to trim headcount.

U.S.-based ...

February Jobs Report: Why Wages Are Still So Low

The February jobs report showed a dip in the unemployment rate. But it also showed zero wage growth and a lower labor force participation rate....

U.S. Layoffs: More than 103,620 Announced in 2015

Today's job report showed unemployment fell to 5.5% - but it doesn't seem like things are getting better when you look at the constant stream of...

January Jobs Report Doesn't Mean What Washington Says It Does

The January jobs report seemed like good news.

The U.S. Labor Department said 257,000 jobs were added to the economy. That easily beat...

Financial News Today: The Mirage of Job Gains and Wage Growth

Financial news today, Feb. 6, 2015: January's job report showed more jobs were added last month - but the reason isn't...

The Scary Wage Growth Story in the December Jobs Report

The December jobs report released today (Friday) by the U.S. Department of Labor highlights what’s missing in the job market’s recovery: wage...

October U.S. Jobs Report Shows a Scary Truth About Wage Growth

Historically, low unemployment has led to faster wage growth. But that hasn’t been the case over the last six years.

The...

Where September's Job Gains Came From

The unemployment rate dipped below 6% for the first time in six years, as the U.S. Department of Labor reported today (Friday) that employers...

August Jobs Report Flop: Smallest Gain This Year with Only 142,000 Jobs Added

The August jobs report was disappointing indeed, missing estimates by a whopping 83,000.

Last month employers added the fewest jobs in...

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