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Global Current Issues and Trends: January 2019 As the US government shutdown continues and the Democrats take over in Congress, December’s 312,000 new jobs shows the 2018 economy sustaining the policy turmoils in Washington.   After revisions, gains in October and November were 58,000 more than previously reported and the average job …

Global Current Issues and Trends: December 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment increased by 155,000 in November.  After revisions, gains in September and October were 12,000 less than previously reported and the average job gains were 170,000 over the past 3 months.  The national unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%.  In …

Global Current Issues and Trends: November 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment increased by 250,000 in October.  After revisions, the average job gains were 218,000 over the past 3 months.  The national unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%.  In 2016, job gains totaled 2.2 million compared with 2017 job gains totaling …

Total US nonfarm payroll employment in September increased by 134,000.  After revisions, the average job gains were 190,000 over the past 3 months.  The national unemployment rate fell to 3.7%.  In 2016, job gains totaled 2.2 million, compared with 2017 job gains totaling 2.1 million, indicating the strong ending and …

Global Current Issues and Trends: September 2018 Global Current Issues and Trends: September 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment in August increased by 201,000.  July and  June totals were revised downward by 50,000.  After revisions, the average job gains  were 185,000 over the past 3 months.  The national unemployment rate remained at …

Update to Global Current Issues and Trends for July 2018.  “GDP growth in Q1 of 2018 was 2.0%.  The GDP growth rate of 4.1% in Q2 was due to the expected “sugar high” jolt of the tax cuts and many be short-lived.” ~Hazel Henderson, Editor”   Global Current Issues and …

Global Current Issues and Trends: June 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment in May rose by 223,000 and after revisions, gains in March and April were 15,000 more than previously reported.  After these revisions, the average job gains  were 179,000 over the past 3 months.  The national unemployment rate fell to …

Global Current Issues and Trends: May 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment in April rose by 164,000 and March’s and February’s jobs were revised up by 30,000.  After these revisions, the average job gains over the past 3 months remained at 202,000.  The national unemployment rate fell to 3.9%.  In 2016, …

Global Current Issues and Trends: April  2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment rose by 103,000 in March after the 313,000 originally reported in February was revised up to 326,000 while January’s first reported 239,000 was revised down to 176,000.  After these revisions, the average job gains over the past 3 …