US Data: Employment, Household - Summary>

Release for:  January 2019

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Units as noted, changes calculated by Market News International

                                  Sep-18  Oct-18  Nov-18  Dec-18  Jan-19

Civilian labor force (thou)       162055  162694  162821  163240  163229

 Employment                       156069  156582  156803  156945  156694

 Unemployment                       5986    6112    6018    6294    6535

 Persons currently wanting job      5266    5333    5397    5327    5254

 Pool of available workers*        11252   11445   11415   11621   11789

 monthly change*                    -346     193     -30     206     168

    pct of modified labor force*     6.7     6.8     6.8     6.9     7.0

 Unemployment rate, all workers      3.7     3.8     3.7     3.9     4.0

  Men over 20                        3.4     3.5     3.3     3.6     3.7

  Women over 20                      3.3     3.4     3.4     3.5     3.6

  U-6 Unemployment Rate              7.5     7.5     7.6     7.6     8.1

 Employment-population ratio        60.4    60.6    60.6    60.6    60.7

 Labor force participation rate     62.7    62.9    62.9    63.1    63.2

 Nonfarm part-time workers for e    4575    4549    4726    4580    5079

 Job leavers                         739     731     697     839     805

  % of Unemployed                   12.3    12.0    11.6    13.3    12.5

Labor force, monthly change          253     639     127     419     -11

 Employment, change                  465     513     221     142    -251

 Unemployment, change               -211     126     -94     276     241

 Part-time workers, change           264     -26     177    -146     499

 Voluntary leavers, change          -127      -8     -34     142     -34

Notes:

* MNI Calculations

** relative to those in labor force plus those persons

     currently wanting a job.

     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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