The Bureau of Labor Statistics data on regional and state unemployment for September shows jobless rates remain uneven. Nevada and Michigan have been particularly hard hit, with no relief in sight.
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Manufacturing activity in the mid-Atlantic region showed modest improvement in October, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, which saw its Business Outlook Survey rise to 1.0. However, despite that return to p…
September’s report by The Conference Board shows more signs of a U.S. economy that’s growing at a crawl. The index rose 0.3% — its third straight monthly rise. However that pace is too low to substantially lower unemployment….
New claims fell by 23,000 to 452,000 last week, but that’s offset somewhat by the prior week’s total being revised upward by 13,000. The numbers were a little better than expected, but still not enough to indicate a recovery g…
Initial jobless claims fell slightly more than expected last week.
Claims dropped 23,000 to 452,000 in the week ending Oct. 16, the Department of Labor said. The revised figure for the previous week was 475,000.
A Reuters poll of analysts forecast c…