Latest Jobs Report: What Does It Mean for You & the Housing Market? [toc] Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a very encouraging jobs report. The economy gained 916,000 jobs in March – well above expert projections of 650,000 to 675,000. The unemployment rate fell again and is now at 6%. What […]
The Latest Unemployment Report August 7, 2020: Slow and Steady Improvement
August 7, 2020 Latest Unemployment Report: 1.8 Million New Jobs and 10.2% Unemployment – Better Than Projections [toc] Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its latest Employment Situation Summary. Going into the release, the expert consensus was for 1.58 million jobs to be added in July, and for the unemployment rate to fall to 10.5%. […]