Published: January 20, 2011
Tags: economy, High Frequency Economics, jobs, Labor Department, unemployment
By DANIEL WAGNER AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, adding to evidence that hiring will pick up this year. According to a Labor Department report Thursday, the number of people seeking benefits fell by 37,000 to a seasonally adjusted 404,000 for the week ended Jan. 15. That’s [...]
Published: January 3, 2011
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors, Commerce Department, construction spending, High Frequency Economics, IHS Global Insight, Obama
By Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writer Washington — Builders began work on more homes and the government boosted its investment in federal construction projects in November, marking a third straight monthly increase in construction activity after a dismal summer. Construction spending increased 0.4 percent in November, the Commerce Department reported Monday. Still, building activity is [...]
Published: May 11, 2010
Tags: High Frequency Economics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey, jobs, Labor Department, Lehman Brothers, National Federation of Independent Business, Power Curbers, recession
By Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics Writer Washington (AP) — New hiring rose in March to its highest level in more than a year while job openings moved up slightly, signs the U.S. job market is slowly improving. Employers hired 4.24 million people in March, up from 4 million the previous month, according to the [...]
Published: May 6, 2010
Tags: High Frequency Economics, initial jobless claims, jobs, Labor Department, productivity, Thomson Reuters, U.S. census, unemployment
By Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics Writer Washington (AP) — First-time claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week in the U.S. for the third straight week, a sign the job market is slowly recovering. Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell by 7,000 to a seasonally adjusted 444,000, according to the Labor Department Thursday. That’s above [...]
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: BMO Capital Markets, Conference Board, Decision Economics, High Frequency Economics, jobs, leading economic indicators, recession, unemployment, unemployment claims
By Daniel Wagner and Martin Crutsinger AP Business Writers Washington — Layoffs aren’t slowing as fast as some analysts had expected. That was the message Thursday in a government report that the number of people filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week. Jobless claims rose by 31,000 to a seasonally adjusted 473,000. [...]
By Alan Zibel AP Real Estate Writer Washington — The summer’s trend of rising home prices is flattening as the traditional home shopping season ends, two reports Tuesday showed. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major cities rose 0.3 percent to 144.96 in September, the fourth monthly increase in a row. The seasonally adjusted [...]
Published: October 22, 2009
Tags: High Frequency Economics, Labor Department, Thomson Reuters, unemployment claims
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Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics Writer Washington — The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, as employers remain reluctant to hire even with the economy showing signs of recovery. Claims had fallen in five of the previous six weeks and most economists expect that trend [...]
Published: October 1, 2009
Tags: cash for clunkers, Commerce Department, first-time unemployment claims, High Frequency Economics, JPMorgan Chase, Labor Department
Christopher S. Rugaber and Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writers Washington — First-time claims for jobless benefits increased more than expected last week, a sign employers are reluctant to hire and the job market remains weak. And even though consumer spending jumped by the most in nearly eight years in August, partly because of the government’s [...]