Unemployment Rate Drops To Below 8% The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the latest batch of unemployment numbers and the jobs report, and it seems like things might be finally starting to look up. Think Progress...

By Kevin Wright – Holistic Health Coach, Detox Specialist and Research Scientist A story ran on cable news about Ashton Kutcher being taken to the hospital for abdominal pain, his pancreas levels were ‘out of whack’.  (Read...

At 8:30 AM ET, we get the Non-Farm Payrolls report, AKA The Jobs Report. According to Bloomberg, these are the consensus expectations: Change in Non-Farm Payrolls: 165K Change in private payrolls: +168K Change in manufacturing payrolls: +10K...

This week, Japan approved a ¥10.3 trillion fiscal stimulus package.  That translates to around $ 116 billion dollars. And that’s definitely going to have a material impact on growth. Here’s Societe Generale economist Kiyoko Katahira: Abe’s stimulus...

The December jobs report will be released at 8:30 AM ET this morning. Economists are on average estimate that the U.S. economy created 152k new jobs during the month. However, TD Securities Senior Economist Millan Mulraine thinks...

I have been collecting links on robots and the roles they play in manufacturing, fashion, and even writing sports updates of major league games. Let’s take a look at some of them starting with an article in...

Here it comes, folks! It’s the July Non-Farm Payrolls Report AKA The Jobs Report AKA The Olympics Of Economic News. Analyst expect to see 100K net new jobs for the month. Ahead of the number, markets are...

Bloomberg’s top ranked economists at forecasting the monthly non farm payrolls report expect the labor market expanded by 110,000 positions in July. That’s marginally above consensus estimates for a 100,000 print, and a tad above Business Insider’s...

If Americans are so much better educated and older, why has the share of Americans with “good” jobs gone down in the past few years?   The Center for Economic and Policy Research’s John Schmitt and Janelle...

The next big economic data is… the ADP Jobs Report. This is the first real preview ahead of this Friday’s jobs report, though in recent months it’s consistently been fairly off. Nonetheless, it remains closely watched. Analysts...