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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 …

Global Current Issues and Trends:  March 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment rose by 313,000 in February while January’s first reported 200,000 jobs were revised up to 239,000 and  December’s jobs were revised up from 160,000 to 175,000.  The national unemployment rate remains at 4.1%.  In 2016, job gains totaled …

Global Current Issues and Trends:  February 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment rose by 200,000 jobs while December’s and November’s totals were revised down by 24,000.  After these revisions job gains have averaged 192,000 over the past 3 months.  The national unemployment rate remains at 4.1%.  In 2016, job gains …