The Labor Department will release the latest hiring and unemployment figures for November at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. Nearly 50,000 striking workers at General Motors returned to their jobs last month. She is also keeping her eye out for job losses related to reductions in the number of temporary Census workers. Thus, she and other analysts say, it will be more important than usual to look at the categories where the job gains are the strongest and weakest. Older baby boomers are working past retirement age, and stay-at-home parents are switching to paid employment.

Source: New York Times December 06, 2019 05:01 UTC