Non-Farm Payrolls

The monthly Non-Farm Payrolls report for February was released Friday morning and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the labor market improved far better than expected in February. In February, the U.S. economy added 236 thousand non-farm jobs, crushing estimates of a gain of 165...

Futures Rise Ahead of Non-Farm Payrolls U.S. equity futures rose in early pre-market trading ahead of the monthly employment situation report following strong stances from major global central banks this past week. Positive employment indicators this week have led investors to believe that...

Non-Farm Payrolls in January fell to 157,000 from an upwardly revised 196,000 in December, according the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists had been looking for a reading of 160,000 in January. Private payrolls, those jobs of the private sector excluding the government, rose 166,000 from an...

Futures Rise Ahead of Non-Farm Payrolls, Manufacturing Data U.S. equity futures rose strongly in the pre-market ahead of the much awaited Non-Farm Payrolls report. Also, positive macroeconomic signs were seen in the form of stronger than expected manufacturing PMI's in China and the Eurozone...

Non-Farm Payrolls were reported at 155,000 jobs added in December as job growth continued to improve at a lackluster rate. Economists had been expecting a gain of 150,000 jobs in the month, more than the 146,000 jobs added in November. Also, the unemployment rate was flat in December at 7.8 percent...

Futures Flat Ahead of Employment Report U.S. equity futures were flat in overnight trading ahead of the much anticipated employment report, the last for 2012, as hawkish Fed minutes made investors second guess the so-called QE Infinity program of the Fed. However, as the Fed now has its rate...

Futures Slip Ahead of Employment Report U.S. equity futures fell in pre-market trading ahead of the monthly Employment Situation Report. In addition, fears over the lack of a budget deal in the U.S. kept fear high and comments from ECB President Mario Draghi indicate the Bank is less open to rate...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly employment situation report Friday showing that Non-Farm Payrolls increased by 171,000 jobs in October and revisions added an additional 85,000 jobs, greater than estimates of an increase of 125,000 jobs on the headline number. The unemployment...

U.S. equity futures fell slightly in early Friday trade ahead of the Non-Farm Payrolls release, the last such release before the Presidential election next week. See below for a full preview of the data by the numbers. Top News In other news around the markets: Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren...

U.S. equity futures were flat in early Friday trading as the Bank of Japan launched no new easing plans overnight and markets await the Non-Farm Payrolls report in the U.S. at 8:30 am EST. The Bank of Japan did not launch any new plans of easing through its QE program nor did it talk of foreign...

The Institute for Supply Management's July Non-Manufacutring Index reading was better-than-expected, reaching 52.6 versus a 52 estimate from surveyed economists. New orders, considered a leading indicator for future reports, rose in July. However, a rise in inventories signaled that growth may...

Non-Farm Payrolls for July printed at 163,000 jobs added, exceeding economist expectations of 100,000 jobs added. The range of estimates was very wide, with economists expecting anywhere from 50,000 to 165,000 jobs. Also, the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.3 percent on expectations of a 8.2...

U.S. equity futures rose early Friday ahead of the much anticipated Non-Farm Payrolls report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to report that the U.S. economy added 100 thousand jobs in July and 110 thousand private jobs. The range of estimates is very large, from 50 thousand to 165...

Canadian GDP slowed in May showing that the global slowdown emanating from Europe is affecting economies around the world. Canadian GDP grew 0.1 percent in May, less than economist expectations of a 0.2 percent gain. The annualized rate of growth came in at 2.2 percent year over year as compared to...

Markets await interest rate decisions from multiple central banks this week as the European Debt Crisis continues to drag on global growth. Comments from European politicians and leaders last week indicated that the European Central Bank is set to launch a new round of crisis fighting measures...