Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: September 5, 2008
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its monthly summary of job data for August 2008.
Among the most notable items in the report:
Unemployment rose from 5.7% in July to 6.1% in August.
The report indicates that over the last 12 months, the unemployment rate has risen by 1.4%, with over 2 million people losing their jobs.
Manufacturing jobs continued [...]
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: August 1, 2008
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly summary of job data for July 2008.
Among the most notable items in the report:
Unemployment rose from 5.5% in June to 5.7% in July.
There were 51,000 fewer jobs in July. Total job loss for 2008 so far is 463,000. That is an average of 66,000 jobs lost per [...]
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: July 3, 2008
June 2008 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
