Job hiring slowed in March with only 103,000 new hires. This was the smallest recruitment gain in six months according to today’s monthly Labor Department job report. This contrasted with February’s robust recruiting gain of 326,000, after revisions, which was the strongest monthly performance since 2015.
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Recruiting fell in December with only 148,000 new jobs created according to Friday’s Labor Department figures. However, this marked the 87th straight month of job creation, which is an all-time record and a streak nearly twice as long as the second-best run.
Additionally, employers added over two million jobs for … Read More
Job creation decelerated in December with the unemployment rate rising to 4.7% from 4.6% a month earlier. However, wages grew at their most robust pace since 2009. This signals a tightening labor market more than seven years after the jobs expansion began.
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