News about jobs

Retail trade employment saw a 20K increase in April 2024 – a continued upward trend from the last 12 months. Check out the highlights from the latest @BLS_gov #JobsReport: www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm pic.twitter.com/1eqCyNdGdW

🧵 The economy added 175,000 jobs in April, including gains in health care, social assistance, and transportation and warehousing. The unemployment rate was 3.9%. www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm More #JobsReport highlights ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/XSn0gd3Hgi

Pretty much a goldilocks job report. 175K jobs is respectable at any time and in the context of strong prior months so a ~250K monthly average even more so. Unemployment ticked up to 3.9%. Earnings growth slowed. Most reassuring data for the Fed in the last 2+ weeks. pic.twitter.com/5G1iCTy3Cz

April jobs report key takeaways: 1) This is a historic job market w/unemployment under 4% for 27 months 2) Hiring is good, but slowing 3) Healthcare is now the major industry hiring 4) Wage growth is above inflation 5) Signs of cooling = temp help decline, avg work week down pic.twitter.com/sGUHTDZpHJ