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February Job Losses Slam Economy, Unemployment Rate Hits 8.1%
The U.S. economy shed 651,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, the third-largest monthly total since the government began compiling data in 1939.
It’s the first time since 1939 that job losses have exceeded 600,000 for three consecutive months, as revisions for December and January showed an additional loss of 161,000 jobs.
The record for monthly job losses was set in September 1945, when nearly 2 million people lost their jobs after the Allied forces won the most destructive war in history and American industry was transitioning from wartime to peacetime, Money Morning reported Monday. Then, in October 1949, 834,000 jobs…
9Mar2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedJob Losses Pile on in October, Expected to Accelerate as Economy Worsens
Job losses spiked in October according to two key employment reports released yesterday (Wednesday). The rate of unemployment has risen steadily over the past year but job losses expanded in both size and scope in October and will likely continue to accelerate well into 2009, further exacerbating an already potent economic downturn.
Private U.S. companies cut an estimated 157,000 jobs in October, the largest decline in nearly six years, ADP Employer Services said yesterday (Wednesday). Separately, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. said job cut announcements by U.S. employers soared to 112,884 in October – a 79% increase from last…
6Nov2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedEconomy Enters Dangerous Waters as Job Losses Mount in June
Payrolls tumbled for the sixth consecutive month in June, bringing the total number of job losses in the first half of the year to 438,000.
Such a steep drop in employment could easily cause consumer spending to falter in the months ahead and drag the economy into a recession.
After shedding 62,000 jobs in May, U.S. employers slashed another 62,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department said last week. Builders reduced payrolls by 43,000 after cutting 37,000 employees in May. Financial firms cut 10,000 jobs in June after losing 3,000 the month prior. And factory payrolls dropped by 33,000 after…
7Jul2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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