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A car drives down an otherwise empty Las Vegas Strip amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 8.

'The Sheer Volume' Is Hard To Capture: Unemployment In Nevada Soars To Historic High

7:18pm May 28, 2020

Nearly 41% of jobs in the state's food and accommodation industry have been lost. The overall levels are comparable to the Great Depression, says David Schmidt, a state economist.

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A construction worker lays down shingles on the roof of a new house in Brandon, Miss., on June 19. Construction jobs rose 4,000 in July — below the 18,000 added in June and the 19,000 added in July 2018.

With Jobs Numbers Like These, It's Hard To See Why The Economy Is Slowing

10:21am August 02, 2019

The U.S. economy is slowing down, but it keeps creating jobs at a healthy pace. Employers added 164,000 jobs last month — as analysts had projected — and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%.

An F-150 pickup is assembled at a Ford plant in Dearborn, Mich., last year. Manufacturing has been a soft spot in recent months.

Hiring Slows Amid Trade Tensions, With Only 75,000 Jobs Added In May

4:50pm June 07, 2019

by Scott Horsley

The number of jobs added was well below the three-month average. Manufacturing, a key sector that is affected by trade tensions, showed weak growth. But the unemployment rate held steady, at 3.6%.

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Plumber Zakiyyah Askia welds pipes at a high-rise residence under construction in Chicago on Jan. 24. U.S. employers added 196,000 jobs in March, a rebound from February's weak growth, the Labor Department said Friday.

U.S. Jobs Rebound To Solid Growth; Unemployment Holds At 3.8 Percent

9:59am April 05, 2019

by Scott Horsley

Employers added 196,000 jobs in March, bouncing back from February's weak growth, the Labor Department said Friday. The jobless rate was unchanged at nearly 50-year lows.

Nate Poort works on braizing loops together for transformers at RoMan Manufacturing in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 12, 2018.

U.S. Economy Loses Steam, Adding Only 20,000 Jobs Last Month

11:38am March 08, 2019

by Avie Schneider

The economy added far fewer jobs than expected in February, a slowdown from much stronger gains in December and January. But the jobless rate fell to 3.8 percent, and earnings growth picked up.

Workers build bed frames at a factory in Commerce, Calif., near Los Angeles, in 2017. In January, the economy added a bigger-than-expected 304,000 jobs, including 13,000 in manufacturing.

U.S. Added 304,000 Jobs In January; Shutdown Boosted Unemployment To 4 Percent

2:01pm February 01, 2019

by Avie Schneider

Job growth picked up for the 100th consecutive month even as hundreds of thousands of federal workers were furloughed during the partial government shutdown. Wage growth held steady.

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The U.S. has added jobs in every month for nearly eight years. Here, a job seeker holds an employment flyer during a hiring event at an Aldi Supermarket in Darien, Ill., in July.

August Jobs Report: Economy Adds 201,000 Jobs; 3.9 Percent Unemployment

1:16pm September 07, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Wage growth — and more specifically, the lack of vigorous pay raises — continued to be an issue, with average hourly earnings nudging slightly upward to 2.9 percent.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has released plan that would create pilot job guarantee programs in 15 communities where unemployment is particularly high.

Likely 2020 Democratic Candidates Want To Guarantee A Job To Every American

2:15pm May 08, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders and others back "job guarantee" programs to assure jobs for all who want them. It's another sign of top Democrats embracing further left positions.

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U.S. Unemployment Drops To 3.9 Percent — Lowest Since 2000

1:40pm May 04, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The last time the U.S. jobless percentage sat below 4 percent was in December of 2000. April brought net job gains, but fell short of economists' predictions.

FACT CHECK: Trump Touts Low Unemployment Rates For African-Americans, Hispanics

6:32pm January 08, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Trump's numbers are right, but it's hard to make the case that he should get credit for them.