Big Week for Job Numbers
The latest employment numbers will be released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this Friday, October 7 and we are all on “pins and needles” waiting to see what they tell us. There has been talk around the country that we are either emerging from the economic doldrums or heading into a double dip recession. It is hard to tell where we are, especially with the politicians spouting their rhetoric in the debates and in the media. This Friday’s numbers should give us a better indication of where we stand.
The latest numbers indicated that 90.9% of us are employed and 9.1% of us are looking for work. They also indicated that 60,000 new workers applied for unemployment. The numbers in our industry, according to the latest ENR review (subscription required), are still in the 85-87% employed [node:read-more:link]