Jobs Data

As August comes to a close, investor attention will now focus on Friday's monthly job report — and for good reason. Mohamed El-Erian wrote in an op-ed published on Bloomberg whether the coming jobs report could influence the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates. The economist...

Bill Gross, the notable bond investor, thinks Friday's U.S. jobs report isn't as "hunky-dory" as it may seem. Speaking to Bloomberg Television on Friday, Gross noted that while Friday's job report showed that employers added 287,000 jobs, the jobless rate also rose one-fifth of a percentage point...

Initial jobless claims increased by 6,000 over last week, according to Department of Labor data released Thursday morning. 278,000 people filed for unemployment insurance for the first time last week. Estimates pegged the number at 271,000. The four-week moving jobless claim fell 1,750 to 207,250....

U.S. equities jumped higher on Friday after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said the U.S. economy added 211,000 jobs in November – exceeding estimates of 200,000. The U.S. unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent, a seven-year low. Tara Sinclair, Chief Economist for the job...

US October jobs data were better than expected when it was reported on Friday. The unemployment rate, private payrolls, and nonfarm payrolls data all improved month-over-month. Mohammed El-Erian, Allianz's Chief Economist, told Benzinga that the "comprehensively strong"...

This morning the government reported a decrease in non-farm payroll of 263,000, which is almost 100,000 worse than expected. The unemployment rate rose to 9.8%, which was in line. On the news, stock market futures tanked. Dow futures are now down about 100, while SP futures are down about 11.