The number of job openings decreased to 9.6 million on the last business day of March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, the number of hires and total separations were little changed at 6.1 million and 5.9 million, respectively. Within separations, quits (3.9 million) changed little, while layoffs and ...

Summary
New orders for manufactured goods in March, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $4.9 billion or 0.9 percent to $539.0 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 1.1 percent February decrease. Shipments, down four of the last five months, decreased $0.6 billion or 0.1 percent to $539.9 ...

Small business hourly earnings growth over the past 12 months declined again in April to 4.52 percent according to the Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch. After increasing every month in 2023, the Small Business Jobs Index, which measures the change in national employment growth for businesses with less than 50 ...

Total Construction
Construction spending during March 2023 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,834.7 billion, 0.3 percent (±0.5 percent)* above the revised February estimate of $1,829.6 billion. The March figure is 3.8 percent (±1.2 percent) above the March 2022 estimate of $1,768.2 billion. During the first three months ...

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in April for the sixth consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®.

The report was issued today by Timothy R. Fiore, CPSM, C.P.M., Chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee: ...