Today’s big job losses in ADP survey don’t bode well for Thursday new unemployment claims and Friday government jobs report
Employment at U.S. companies plummeted in April by the most in records back to 2002, according to numbers fro the ADP Research Institute release today.. The report reflects data through April 12 in order to align with the report from the Labor Department for April,...
Another 3.8 million new claims for unemployment in past week and job losses shift to white color jobs
The job losses continued, as expected, with 3.84 million people filing new claims for unemployment in the week that ended on April 25. That follows on 4.44 million new claims for unemployment in the prior week. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had projected 3.5...
Retail sales fall below already low forecasts
Retail sales fell 8.7% in March, the worst drop ever, the Commerce Department reported today. Economists had expected a drop of 8%. Revisions to February's report showed a 0.4% drop for that month.. U.S. stocks sank at the open Wednesday, dragged down by dismal...Download Jim’s eBook for Free
