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Unemployment Fell to 4.6% in November

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The November jobs report is here and the news is good: the US economy added 178,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in November and the unemployment rate has dipped to 4.6%, its lowest rate since August 2007. September’s job gains were revised to 208,000 and October’s to 142,000. This steady growth means that it’s likely that when the Fed meets […]

The US Economy Added 156,000 Jobs in September

September’s much anticipated jobs report is here and the news is… ok. The US economy added 156,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in September. Economists’ expectations were once again dashed — they were looking for something closer to 170,000 — but there’s certainly nothing wrong with 156,000, even with the unemployment rate ticking up from 4.9% to […]

IMF Forecasts Slowing Growth for North America

The IMF’s World Economic Outlook is here and it’s… mixed. Globally, the IMF forecasts a 3.1% growth rate for the rest of 2016 (down from 3.2% in 2015) and 3.4% for 2017. Emerging economies are expected to grow at 4.2%, with India at 7.6% for both 2016 and 2017 and China at 6.6% in 2016, slowing to 6.2% in 2017. However, […]

Christine Lagarde Talked Tech and the Economy on Facebook Live

Christine Lagarde, the IMF’s managing director, joined the Wall Street Journal today for a Facebook Live interview on the role of technology in the international economy. The interview was just the start of a big week for Legarde. The IMF will hold its annual meetings this week in Washington and will release its World Economic […]

3 Important HR Issues in Last Night’s Presidential Debate

3 Important HR Issues in Last Night’s Presidential Debate There’s a cluster of HR-related political issues that I’ve been keeping an eye throughout the Presidential primaries and now the general election campaign: immigration, job creation, parental leave and support, and trade deals. Last night, in their first debate Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump touched on […]