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Total nonfarm employment statewide topped 13.6 million in October, the 12th consecutive month that Texas has set a record high for that metric.
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Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
As pressure from the Fed’s war on inflation builds, nonfarm payrolls will begin shrinking early next year, translating to a loss of about 175,000 jobs a month during the first quarter, the bank said.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 10 Oct. 2022
In the 1950s, when as many as one-third of U.S. nonfarm workers were union members, annual inflation averaged about 2%.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2022
Productivity, or nonfarm business employee output per hour, decreased at a 4.6 percent annual rate in the second quarter after falling at a 7.4 percent pace in the previous three months, Labor Department figures showed Tuesday.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
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Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
As pressure from the Fed’s war on inflation builds, nonfarm payrolls will begin shrinking early next year, translating to a loss of about 175,000 jobs a month during the first quarter, the bank said.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 10 Oct. 2022
In the 1950s, when as many as one-third of U.S. nonfarm workers were union members, annual inflation averaged about 2%.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2022
Productivity, or nonfarm business employee output per hour, decreased at a 4.6 percent annual rate in the second quarter after falling at a 7.4 percent pace in the previous three months, Labor Department figures showed Tuesday.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
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