Strongest Year of Job Creation in 15 Years Recording its strongest year of job creation in 15 years, US payrolls grew by 321,000 in November as the jobless rate remained unchanged at 5.8 percent. The job gains continued a stretch of robust payroll gains to keep the economy on track. That would be very good [...]
Some of last week’s economic data include: Businesses managed to create a meager 148,000 jobs in September, which includes an increase of 22,000 government jobs. We are just whizzing along aren’t we? The unemployment rate ticked down to 7.2% but an estimated 136,000 people dropped out of the labor force in the month…these people who [...]
The Keystone Pipeline: Dragging on for four years now a decision on the project will not be made any time soon, despite support by a majority in the US Senate where last week 53 members signed a letter urging President Obama to approve the project. Shovel ready jobs…..waiting, waiting…. The Purchasing managers index [...]