Tagged: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Nonfarm payrolls increased by only 12,000 as strikes in the airline industry and recent hurricanes distorted the data collected.

BLS forecasts 25-basis point cut later this month

Health care and construction industry lead in job growth.

The increase in the CPI is down from 9.1% at the same point last year.

Core inflation rose 5.3%, raising speculation the Fed will pause rate hikes in June but resume them in July.

Despite 15% increase in new jobs from April, unemployment rate rises to 3.7%.

Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% in April from a month earlier.

Unemployment rate slips to 3.4%, lowest since 1969.

March marks the 23rd consecutive month of annual inflation at 5% or above.

Unemployment rate dipped to 3.5%.