May 7, 2021 - Hiring was a huge letdown in April, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by a much less than expected 266,000. The unemployment rate rose to 6.1%, the Labor Department said. Dow Jones estimates had been for 1 million new jobs and an unemployment ...

May 7, 2021 - The U.S. economy added just 266,000 jobs in April, a disappointing month of growth that fell well below economists’ estimates despite declining virus caseloads and increased vaccine distribution around the country.

May 7, 2021 - Employers added 266,000 jobs in April, the government reported Friday, far below the gains registered in March.

Employment fell by 207,000 (-1.1%) in April and the unemployment rate rose 0.6 percentage points to 8.1%. This followed cumulative employment gains of 562,000 over the previous two months.

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May 5, 2021 - A customer walks by a now hiring sign at a store, April 02, 2021, in Larkspur, Calif. Employers added 742,000 jobs in April in a further sign of the strengthening labor market, private sector payroll firm ADP reported on Wednesday.

May 7, 2021 - The U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs in April, sharply missing economists' expectations.

May 7, 2021 - This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. The US economy added 266,000 jobs in April, a huge miss of the median estimate of 1 million.

The Department of Labor reported the unemployment rate ticked up 0.1 percentage point to 6.1% in April. Nonfarm jobs increased by 266,000 in April.

May 5, 2021 - Private payrolls grew by 742,000 in April, according to ADP. It was well above March's 565,000 new jobs, but less than the 800,000 Dow Jones estimate.

Completely unexpected in the jobs report was an uptick in the unemployment rate from 6.0 percent in March to 6.1 percent in April. Several will argue that many people prefer to remain on the better than normal unemployment benefits thanks to ...

May 7, 2021 - Average hourly earnings, year-over-year, April: 0.3%vs.-0.4% expected and 4.2% in March · Non-farm payrolls rose for a fourth straight month but at a markedly slower-than-expected clip, despite easing social distancing standards across the ...

In April, employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 331,000, as pandemic-related restrictions · continued to ease in many parts of the country. More than half of the increase was in food services and · drinking places (+187,000). Job gains also occurred in amusements, gambling, and ...

The labor force participation rate for working-age people with disabilities increased from 33.4 percent in March to 33.7 percent in April 2021 (up 0.9 percent or 0.3 percentage points).

November 5, 2021 - The great hope has been that employers would fill that gap rapidly, bringing the United States back to its full potential in short order. Even if you view April as an outlier, job growth has averaged only 524,000 a month for the last three months, a ...

December 16, 2022 - The U.S. economy gained 226,000 jobs in April. The numbers fell far below economist expectations, even as vaccinations increase, and COVID-19 cases decrease across the country. The report comes one year after the economy shed 20.5 million jobs ...

May 7, 2021 - And we knew this wouldn’t be a sprint; it would be a marathon. Quite frankly, we are moving more rapidly than I thought we would. This morning, we learned that our economy created 266,000 jobs in April.

June 8, 2023 - The U.S. economy saw payrolls expand in April, with employers adding 266,000 jobs. However, that figure is well below analysts’ expectations of over 1 million. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that while there were notable job ...

May 7, 2021 - At least job gains picked up in ... 17% below pre-pandemic levels. Shockingly, in a period of quickly rising housing prices, construction industries added no new jobs in April....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its jobs report for April 2024, which showed 175,000 new jobs were created in April, down from 315,000 in March.