Re: BLS Daily Report

2002-06-26 Thread Gil Skillman
I'm sorry to hear this. This posting has been a reliable and informative aspect of PEN-L for a long time. Thanks, Dave. Gil is no more. There are apparently valid concerns here at BLS that prevent me from forwarding it, or any part of it, on a regular basis. I hope that it has been of

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-30 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: In April, 290 metropolitan areas had higher unemployment rates than a year earlier, 31 areas had lower rates, and 10 areas had rates that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Thirteen

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-29 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MAY 24, 2002: The economy snapped back from last year's recession, growing at an annual rate of 5.6 percent during the first quarter, the strongest performance in nearly 2 years. The latest reading on the first-quarter gross domestic product,

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-29 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2002: About 6,000 U.S. workers die on the job each year, according to a new report from the AFL-CIO, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, says The Washington Post (page F1). Worldwide, about 5,000 workers die of

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-24 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 20, 2002: Unemployment rates increased in 23 states in April and decreased in 20 states and the District of Columbia, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The unemployment rate in seven states remained unchanged from March.

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-24 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2002: With a stock market bust, a recession that wiped out almost two million jobs, and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, Americans would seem to have plenty of reasons to worry about a diminished future. Instead, they have emerged

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-24 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2002: First-quarter layoffs by big employers, affecting 301,200 workers, were at their lowest level since the third quarter of 2000, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Layoffs fell among information and transportation workers and

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-24 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002: New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell by 9,000 in the latest week, but remained stubbornly high with a slowly improving economy failing to translate into job growth. The level of initial claims for state benefits, which

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-17 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates were generally stable from March to April, but were higher than a year earlier. All four regions reported little or no change from March, and 42 states and the District of

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-16 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.6 percent in April, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 179.8 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. For the 12-month period

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-16 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: In the first quarter of 2002, employers reported 1,669 mass layoff actions that resulted in the separation of 301,181 workers from their jobs for more than 30 days, according to preliminary figures released by the

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-15 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Slightly more than three in every five graduates of the 2001 high school class were enrolled in colleges or universities in the fall, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The college enrollment rate was

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-07 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 6, 2002: Despite other signs that the economy has turned around, the U.S. labor market remained weak in April, as the unemployment rate climbed to 6.0 percent and payrolls grew very little, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-05 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The unemployment rate rose to 6.0 percent in April, and payroll employment was little changed (+43,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Employment rose in the services industry but fell in construction.

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-02 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2002: New claims for unemployment insurance dipped last week, suggesting that companies are laying off fewer workers as the budding economic recovery unfolds. The Labor Department reports today that for the work week ending April 27,

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-01 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2002: Relocation among job seekers has fallen to its lowest level in 16 years, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray Christmas. Only 14 percent of new hires relocated in the first quarter, according to Challenger's quarterly

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-01 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2002: Personal income rose 0.4 percent in March, following a 0.6 percent increase in February, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The increase in personal income brought income to $8.92 trillion at a seasonally adjusted

BLS Daily Report

2002-05-01 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: In March, 284 metropolitan areas had higher unemployment rates than a year earlier, 39 areas had lower rates, and 8 areas had rates that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-28 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2002: Unemployment rates increased in 30 states in March and decreased in 12 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate was unchanged in eight states. North Dakota had the

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-28 Thread Richardson_D
RELEASED TODAY: Employers initiated 1,460 mass layoff actions in March 2002, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and the number

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-28 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Labor productivity -- defined as output per hour -- rose in 2000 in more than three-fourths of the 170 industries studied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Output rose in 71 percent of the industries, while

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-28 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The Employment Cost Index for total compensation increased 3.9 percent (civilian workers, not seasonally adjusted) for the year ended March 2002, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-19 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: In May 2001, about 29 million full-time wage and salary workers had flexible work schedules that allowed them to vary the time they began or ended work, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The proportion of

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-19 Thread Richardson_D
RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates were generally stable in March, but were higher than a year earlier. All four regions reported little or no change form February, and 43 states recorded shifts of 0.3 percentage point or less, the Bureau of Labor statistics reported today. The

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-16 Thread Richardson_D
RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.6 percent in March, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 178.8 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. For the 12-month period ended in March, the CPI-U increased 1.5 percent. The Consumer

Re: Re: BLS Daily Report

2002-04-15 Thread ravi
Sabri Oncu wrote: Hey, I also hired a few science Ph.Ds from very respectable schools for boring programing jobs (Ravi would know what I mean if I say they were required to write FORTRAN programs) for about $50K. i see what you mean, but fortran is a pleasure compared to what a lot of

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-15 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2002: One important measure of U.S. inflation rose sharply last month as the surge in world oil prices since mid-January began to work its way through the economy, the Labor Department reported Friday. Producer prices for

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-12 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index increased 1.1 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The increase, the largest since September 2000, was attributable to a large jump in petroleum prices. The

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-12 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 1.0 percent in March, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. This increase followed a 0.2 percent increase in February and a 0.1 percent

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-11 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: A total of 1.7 million injuries and illnesses in private industry required recuperation away from work beyond the day of the incident in 2000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of these

Re: Re: BLS Daily Report

2002-04-10 Thread F G
From: Sabri Oncu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PEN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:24781] Re: BLS Daily Report Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 16:19:02 -0700 From today's BLS daily report: Education increases income, says USA Today, in its page 3B box showing median

Re: Re: BLS Daily Report

2002-04-10 Thread Sabri Oncu
You wrote: The income is by household, not individual. I know. Of all the ones I hired, only one of the PhDs was married but his wife did not work so his income was his household income. That means all of the incomes I mentioned were household incomes since, with the exception of him, my guys

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-09 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2002: Labor shortages caused when baby boomers retire will slow economic growth in the United States and could plunge the fastest-aging countries in Europe and Asia into permanent recession, according to a summary of a report released

Re: BLS Daily Report

2002-04-09 Thread Sabri Oncu
From today's BLS daily report: Education increases income, says USA Today, in its page 3B box showing median household income, based on education. According to it, households in which there is a professional degree have an income of $100,000; those with a doctorate degree, $97,325

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-08 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Both payroll employment and the unemployment rate were little changed in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Manufacturing and construction each lost nearly 40,000 jobs, but services employment

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-08 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2002: The unemployment rate edged up 0.2 percentage points to 5.7 percent in March, but employers added 58,000 workers to their payrolls, further proof that a recovery is under way, according to figures released Friday by the Bureau of

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-05 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2001: New claims for unemployment insurance shot up last week, but the layoffs picture was distorted by federal requirements related to how laid-off workers who exhausted their benefits may seek to get them extended. For the work week

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-03 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2002: About 6.6 percent of U.S. families had at least one unemployed family member last year, compared with 5.7 percent the year before, the Labor Department says (The Wall Street Journal Work Week feature, page A1). The Bureau of

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-03 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: In February, 266 metropolitan areas recorded higher unemployment rates than a year earlier, 40 areas had lower rates, and 16 areas had rates that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Thirteen

BLS Daily Report

2002-04-01 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2002: The proportion of families with an unemployed member increased 1 percentage point to 6.6 percent in 2001, reflecting the recession, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures. Among the nation's 72 million families, 82.9

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-29 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Reflecting the economic downturn that began early in 2001, the proportion of families containing an unemployed member rose by nearly a percentage point to 6.6 percent between 2000 and 2001, the Bureau of Labor

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-28 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Employers initiated 1,383 mass layoff actions in February 2002, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each action

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-27 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2002: Unemployment rates increased in 17 states and the District of Columbia in February and decreased in 17 states, according to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate in 15 states was

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-26 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates generally were stable in February and remained higher than a year ago. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia recorded shifts of 0.3 percentage point or less from a

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-25 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2002: Despite the holiday-shortened week, look for a bevy of economic data, most of which are expected to underscore the strengthening economy, says the Los Angeles Times in an Internet article that combines reports from Reuters,

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-22 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The number of days idle and the percent of estimated working time lost because of strikes and lockouts were at historic lows in 2001, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Twenty-nine major work stoppages began

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-21 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.4 percent in February, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 177.8 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. For the 12-month

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-20 Thread Richardson_D
WEDNESDAY, March 20 RELEASED TODAY: Respirators had been used by employees in about 10 percent of the private industry workplaces surveyed in late 2001. In nearly half of these 619,400 establishments where respirators were used, they were used by employees on a voluntary basis only, and, in

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-19 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2002: Producer prices increased 0.2 percent in February, following a 0.1 percent increase in January, according to figures released March 15 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The increase in February's finished goods was led by

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-19 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002: A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics survey gives national earnings figures for four levels of laundry-machine operators, six levels of butchers, and three of garbage collectors. Differentiating among seven levels of gardeners,

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-15 Thread Richardson_D
BLS Daily Report, Thursday, March 14, 2002 RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.1 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The decline followed a 0.4 percent increase in January and was attributable to a decline in nonpetroleum prices. The Export Price

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-13 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: From 1999 to 2000, multifactor productivity rose 1.9 percent in the private business sector and 1.8 percent in the private nonfarm business sector, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Multifactor productivity

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-11 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2002: Providing the strongest evidence so far that the U.S. economy is pulling out of recession, U.S. employers added 66,000 workers to nonfarm payrolls in February, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to figures released by the

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-08 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: In January, most regional and state unemployment rates either declined or were little changed over the month, but were higher than a year earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The national jobless

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-08 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The Bureau of Labor Statistics today reported revised fourth-quarter seasonally-adjusted annual rates of productivity change -- as measured by output per hour of all persons -- and revised annual changes for the

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-08 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.5 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment was up by 66,000 in February,

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-05 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2002: About 15 percent of the workforce worked at home during May 2001, as a part of their primary job responsibilities, a total of 19.8 million people, according to figures released March 1 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Two-thirds

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-05 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2002: At least 125,000 American workers lost their jobs in mass layoffs that lasted 30 days or more because of the September 11 terrorist attacks, according to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report. It's pretty substantial, said

RE: BLS Daily Report

2002-03-05 Thread Devine, James
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2002: Average job tenure fell to 7 years in 2001 from 8 years in 2000 and 9 in 1999, says a survey of about 2,900 of its laid-off clients by outplacement concern Drake Beam Morin (The Wall Street Journal, Work Week feature, page A1).

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2002-03-05 Thread Eric Nilsson
RE It's not easy to read the tenure numbers - tenure could rise in a weak job market, as people hold on to what they have, and fall in a strong one, as they feel confident about changing jobs The national numbers don't show that much of a change between 1983 and 2000 And I believe I read

BLS Daily Report

2002-03-01 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: In May 2001, 19.8 million persons usually did some work at home as part of their primary job, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These workers, who reported working at home at least once per week,

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-28 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Employers initiated 2,146 mass layoff actions in January 2002, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-27 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2002: Consumer confidence slipped this month after 2 months of gains, but it remains high enough to support healthy consumer spending in the months ahead, the Conference Board said yesterday. The board, a New York-based research

BLS Daily Report, Tuesday Feb. 26

2002-02-26 Thread Richardson_D
North Carolina, at 5.5%, had the highest unemployment-rate increase among states last year from the year before, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics (The Wall Street Journal, page A1). The home-buying market remained strong in January, as existing home sales across the U.S. surged to a monthly

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-25 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FEBRUARY 25, 2002: Starting in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics plans to release a new measure called the superlative consumer price index, which is designed to come closer to a cost-of-living measure than the current index, BLS officials say. We

BLS Daily Report, Friday Feb. 22

2002-02-22 Thread Richardson_D
RELEASED TODAY: Annual average unemployment rates rose in more than half the states in 2001 for the first time since 1992, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The four census regions and nine geographical divisions all recorded rate increases. Employment-population ratios declined in

BLS Daily Report, Thursday Feb. 21

2002-02-21 Thread Richardson_D
Rising prices for gasoline contributed to a 0.2 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index in January, according to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The increase brings the index to 177.1 (1982-84=100), after decreases in October, November, and December, BLS said (Daily Labor

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-20 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2002 RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent in January, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 177.1 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-19 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.4 percent in January 2002, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The upturn, the first since May of last year, was led by a turnaround in prices for petroleum. In

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-19 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods edged up 0.1 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. This increase follows a 0.6-percent drop in December and a 0.5-percent

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-19 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2002 After falling three months in a row, the producer price index increased slightly in January, up 0.1 percent, following a 0.6 percent drop in December, according to figures released February 15 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. During the past year

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-14 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Employers reported the separation of 486,406 workers from their jobs for more than 30 days in 2,538 mass layoff actions in the fourth quarter of 2001, according to preliminary figures released by the Bureau

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-12 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2002: U.S. chain store sales rose in the week that ended Saturday, a possible sign that the economy is edging its way out of recession, according to two reports out Tuesday. U.S. chain store sales rose 2.1 percent during the week

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-08 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2002: Nonfarm business productivity increased at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2001 as output and hours worked declined, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. During the current recession, in contrast to

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-08 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2002: With each passing week, new economic figures add support to the view that the U.S. economy is turning around, according to many economists, more and more of whom now expect growth at a 1 to 3 percent annual rate in the current

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-06 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The seasonally adjusted annual rates of productivity change in the fourth quarter and the annual average changes in productivity -- preliminary data measured by output per hour of all persons -- were 3.4

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-05 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2002: The Bush administration's budget request for fiscal year 2003 includes $511.1 million dollars for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an increase of $21.5 million over FY 2002, and 2,529 FTE, the same level as FY 2002 . Included in

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-04 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2002: The nation's employers reduced payrolls by another 89,000 in January, but the cuts were smaller than the average over the prior 3 months, according to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate

BLS Daily Report

2002-02-01 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2002 RELEASED TODAY: Employment continued to decline in January, and the unemployment rate decreased to 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 89,000 over the month, as job

BLS Daily Report, Thursday January 31

2002-01-31 Thread Richardson_D
RELEASED TODAY: The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for December 2001 was 156.8 (June 1989=100), an increase of 4.1 percent from December 2000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment Cost Index (ECI), a component of the Bureau's National Compensation Survey,

BLS Daily Report, Wednesday January 30

2002-01-30 Thread Richardson_D
RELEASED TODAY: In December, 305 metropolitan areas reported higher unemployment rates than a year earlier, 21 areas had lower rates, and 5 areas had rates that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Ten metropolitan areas had jobless rates over 10.0 percent, with seven of

BLS Daily Report

2002-01-29 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 RELEASED TODAY: In December 2001, there was 2,425 mass layoffs actions by employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics

Re: Re: RE: BLS Daily Report

2002-01-25 Thread Ken Hanly
Daily Report The nurses do not exist in those numbers. He is grandstanding -- unless we can kidnap nurses from elsewhere. On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 02:28:26PM -0800, Devine, James wrote: so what does pen-l think of the following? California hospitals will need 5,000 more workers to meet

BLS Daily Report

2002-01-25 Thread Richardson_D
FRIDAY, January 25 New claims for unemployment insurance for the week ended Jan. 19 dropped to their lowest level since July, falling 15,000 to 376,000 seasonally adjusted, down from the previous week's revised total of 391,000, according to figures released by the Employment and Training

BLS Daily Report

2002-01-24 Thread Richardson_D
Daily Report: Thursday, January 24, 2002 Recent signs of strength in consumer confidence and manufacturing activity may show that the economy is poised to rebound from recession by spring, a panel of top banking economists said January 23. Despite lingering concerns over the economy, the

RE: BLS Daily Report

2002-01-23 Thread Devine, James
so what does pen-l think of the following? California hospitals will need 5,000 more workers to meet proposed minimum nurse-staffing levels released Tuesday by California Gov. Gray Davis. Davis' plan requires a minimum of one nurse for every five patients in medical wards -- and fewer patients

Re: RE: BLS Daily Report

2002-01-23 Thread Michael Perelman
The nurses do not exist in those numbers. He is grandstanding -- unless we can kidnap nurses from elsewhere. On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 02:28:26PM -0800, Devine, James wrote: so what does pen-l think of the following? California hospitals will need 5,000 more workers to meet proposed minimum

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2002-01-23 Thread Devine, James
it also encourages hospitals to kick patients out. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine Michael Perelman writes: The nurses do not exist in those numbers. He is grandstanding -- unless we can kidnap nurses from elsewhere. so what does pen-l think of the

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2002-01-23 Thread phillp2
PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:21814] Re: RE: BLS Daily Report Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The nurses do not exist in those numbers. He is grandstanding -- unless we can kidnap nurses from elsewhere. On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 02:28:26PM -0800, Devine, James wrote: so what

BLS Daily Report

2002-01-18 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Most regional and state unemployment rates either rose or were little changed in December, and virtually all were higher than a year earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The national jobless

BLS Daily Report

2002-01-17 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.2 percent in December, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. For the 12-month period ended in December, the CPI-U

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2002-01-17 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings of the nation's 98.4 million full-time wage and salary workers were $605 in the fourth quarter of 2001, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. This was 3.4 percent higher than a year

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2002-01-16 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2002: Weakness in labor markets across the country will dampen wage increases this year, holding private industry pay gains below 4 percent, according to the latest Bureau of National Affairs Wage Trend Indicator report. The WTI's

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2002-01-14 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2002: Led by a drop in energy costs, producer prices fell 0.7 percent in December, after a 0.6 percent decline in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Producer Price Index has fallen 3 months in a row. According

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2002-01-11 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, JANUARY 11, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.7 percent in December, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The December decline follows decreases of 0.6 percent in November and 1.6

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2002-01-10 Thread Richardson_D
DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2002: RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.9 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The decline followed drops of 1.4 percent and 2.3 percent in November and October, respectively. The Export Price Index also

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2002-01-09 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2002: Unemployment grew in nearly 85 percent of the nation's metro areas in November from a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Danville, Va., where the manufacturing slowdown has hit the textile

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2002-01-08 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2002l The unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage point to 5.8 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced. U.S. payrolls declined by 124,000 in December and have dropped by 1.1 million in the final 4 months of

Re: BLS Daily Report

2002-01-08 Thread phillp2
Dave Richardson's daily report notes: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2002l The unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage point to 5.8 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced. U.S. payrolls declined by 124,000 in December and have

RE: Re: BLS Daily Report

2002-01-08 Thread Max Sawicky
State revenue forecasts came in below expectations last year, so retrenchment has already begun. As state legislatures begin convening I suspect they will take a pessimistic view of revenues (which probably are a lagging indicator anyway) and move accordingly. There is little indication the

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