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More on October Employment in Small Business

November 5, 2009 by Jeff Cornwall with 144 views

The NFIB has just released their employment report for October. It is consistent with other reports we are seeing this week.William C. Dunkelberg, chief economist for the NFIB, issued the following statement:"Once again, the 'good news' is less bad news. Small business owners in October reported a decline in average employment per firm... [read more]

End in sight for unemployment rate increases? (North Carolina Startup Blog)

May 8, 2009 by AlexanderMuse with 142 views

In a follow-up to this Wednesday’s post about help for job seekers, I wanted to look at the controversial issue of economic news, our spending behavior and which comes first. My view is that when we’re feeling confident about our personal finances, we feel comfortable spending money. And when 300 million people spend even a bit more,... [read more]

Is the Economy Bottoming Out?

March 9, 2009 by Steve King with 289 views

The February jobs numbers were not good, with non-farm employment falling 651,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increasing to 8.1%. And according to the ADP Employment Report, small businesses cut 251,000 of those jobs.  But the good news is job losses do not appear to accelerating. The U.S. economy lost 681,000 jobs in December and... [read more]

Jobless rate hits a four-year high

August 1, 2008 by Diane Stafford with 108 views

The national unemployment rate rose to a four-year high of 5.7 percent in July, up from 5.5 percent in June. In July a year ago, the jobless rate was 4.7 percent. There were 1.6 million more out-of-work job hunters in...Link to original post [read more]

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