Unemployment Archives

May 7, 2009

In the News: Unemployment Might Be Slowing

The ADP National Employment Report was released yesterday, showing a possible slowing in the number of layoffs during the month of April. For April, the ADP is reporting that 491,000 private sector jobs were loss — no doubt a huge number, but a slowing from the predicted 600,000 plus expected to be lost. It’s also […]

April 1, 2009

In the News: Job Loss Accelerated in March

Early figures were released today indicating that private sector job loss rose in March to 742,000. Official tallies from the U.S. government will be released at the end of the week (and we’ll be sure to report on them), but the numbers coming out today from the payroll firm ADP indicate that the recession is […]