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Original Data Value | Original Data Value | ||
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Series Id: LNS14000000 | Series Id: LNS14000000 | ||
Seasonally Adjusted | Seasonally Adjusted | ||
| − | Series title: (Seas) Unemployment Rate | + | Series title: (Seas) Unemployment Rate |
Labor force status: Unemployment rate | Labor force status: Unemployment rate | ||
Type of data: Percent or rate | Type of data: Percent or rate | ||
Age: 16 years and over | Age: 16 years and over | ||
| − | Years: 2006 to 2016 | + | Years: 2006 to 2016 |
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"Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 151,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in several | "Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 151,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in several | ||
industries, led by retail trade, food services and drinking places, health care, and manufacturing. Employment declined in private educational services, transportation and warehousing, and mining." | industries, led by retail trade, food services and drinking places, health care, and manufacturing. Employment declined in private educational services, transportation and warehousing, and mining." | ||
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| + | ===Household Survey Data=== | ||
| + | Both the number of unemployed persons, at 7.8 million, and the unemployment rate, at 4.9 percent, changed little in January. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate were down by 1.1 million and 0.8 percentage point, respectively. | ||
===GDP & DOW=== | ===GDP & DOW=== | ||
Revision as of 16:01, 5 February 2016
Contents
Status Quo of U.S. Economy
Unemployment Data
Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
Original Data Value Series Id: LNS14000000 Seasonally Adjusted Series title: (Seas) Unemployment Rate Labor force status: Unemployment rate Type of data: Percent or rate Age: 16 years and over Years: 2006 to 2016
Quotes from "The Employment Situation- January 2016" News Release by the BLS)
"Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 151,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in several industries, led by retail trade, food services and drinking places, health care, and manufacturing. Employment declined in private educational services, transportation and warehousing, and mining."
Household Survey Data
Both the number of unemployed persons, at 7.8 million, and the unemployment rate, at 4.9 percent, changed little in January. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate were down by 1.1 million and 0.8 percentage point, respectively.
