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Economists used strong language to characterize the worse-than-expected nonfarm payrolls report for October. The monthly loss was below expectations, but it was revisions to the prior two months and a surge in the unemployment rate that carried further...

Economists say the worrying trend of jobless claims adds further evidence that payrolls will continue to decline for many months. The weekly report showed continuing claims reached a cyclical high, while initial claims fell back from a seven-year peak...

Initial claims for unemployment benefits in the United States came well above expectations, rising to 493k in the week ending Sept. 20, the Department of Labor reported on Thursday. Continuing claims rose to 3.542 million for the week ending Sept. 13...

U.S. nonfarm payrolls declined for the eighth straight month , falling more than expected by a total of 84k jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. The unemployment rate was pushed up four-tenths to 6.1% (6.055%), well above expectations that it would remain at 5.7%. July's decline was downwardly revised to a loss of 60k jobs from an initially reported loss of 51k jobs, and June's loss was downwardly revised to a 100k drop from an initially reported -51k. Nonfarm...

U.S. nonfarm payrolls fell for the third consecutive month, with the U.S. Labor Department reporting that the U.S. lost 80k jobs in March. The unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in March, higher than the expected 5.0% and above the previous rate of 4.8%.

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