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Unemployment rate falls to 6.3% in January; payroll employment changes little (+49,000)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Unemployment rate falls to 6.3% in January; payroll employment changes little (+49,000)
Economic News Release USDL-21-0158
Employment Situation Summary
Transmission of material in this news release is embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (ET) Friday, February 5, 2021
Technical information:
Household data: cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps
Establishment data: cesinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/ces
Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- JANUARY 2021
The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 6.3 percent in January, while nonfarm payroll employment changed little (+49,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The labor market continued to reflect the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it. In January, notable job gains in professional and business services and in both public and private education were offset by losses in leisure and hospitality, in retail trade, in health care, and in transportation and warehousing.
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The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised down by 72,000, from +336,000 to +264,000, and the change for December was revised down by 87,000, from -140,000 to -227,000. With these revisions, employment in November and December combined was 159,000 lower than previously reported. (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors. The annual benchmark process also contributed to the November and December revisions.)
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The Employment Situation for February is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 5, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
Read more: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
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I heard on KYW this morning that an increase of 105,000 jobs was expected.
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By the time they were done you came to the rescue! The Senate was working all night with their vote-a-rama on amendments to the budget conference framework and finally voted on their final version at around 5:30 this morning.
Here is WaPo's report -
The economy gained 49,000 jobs in January
By Eli Rosenberg
Feb. 5, 2021 at 8:32 a.m. EST
The U.S. economy added 49,000 jobs in January, a modest increase amid the labor market’s ongoing strain from the coronavirus pandemic. The unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent.
The January data, released by the Labor Department, is yet another reminder of how much ground the labor market still needs to regain to return to pre-pandemic levels. The country has recovered just over half of the 22 million jobs lost between February and April, but the economic recovery has recently flatlined.
In December, the labor market slid backwards, shedding 140,000 jobs, primarily due to steep loses in the leisure and hospitality industry. And the economy only grew by a paltry 1 percent in the last last three months of 2020, according to last week’s Bureau of Economic Analysis figures.
The data comes as negotiations over a new stimulus package heat up in Congress. Democrats appear to be moving forward with President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan that would extend unemployment benefits through September, as well as provide a $1,400 stimulus checks for many Americans. It would also raise the minimum wage, increase the child tax credit, provide rental assistance and money for nutrition programs, while setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to state and local governments.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/05/january-jobs-report-2021-unemployment/
By Eli Rosenberg
Feb. 5, 2021 at 8:32 a.m. EST
The U.S. economy added 49,000 jobs in January, a modest increase amid the labor market’s ongoing strain from the coronavirus pandemic. The unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent.
The January data, released by the Labor Department, is yet another reminder of how much ground the labor market still needs to regain to return to pre-pandemic levels. The country has recovered just over half of the 22 million jobs lost between February and April, but the economic recovery has recently flatlined.
In December, the labor market slid backwards, shedding 140,000 jobs, primarily due to steep loses in the leisure and hospitality industry. And the economy only grew by a paltry 1 percent in the last last three months of 2020, according to last week’s Bureau of Economic Analysis figures.
The data comes as negotiations over a new stimulus package heat up in Congress. Democrats appear to be moving forward with President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan that would extend unemployment benefits through September, as well as provide a $1,400 stimulus checks for many Americans. It would also raise the minimum wage, increase the child tax credit, provide rental assistance and money for nutrition programs, while setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to state and local governments.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/05/january-jobs-report-2021-unemployment/
NYT -
The U.S. economy added 49,000 jobs in January, a weak showing after a virus surge.
The American economy produced little relief last month as the winter pandemic surge continued to stymie a rebound in the labor market. The weak showing comes in the midst of a fresh effort in Washington to provide a big infusion of aid to foster a recovery. U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department said Friday. The number reflected a disappointing month of hiring even as it provided hope of renewed economic momentum.
The unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent, from 6.7 percent. The limited January gains followed an outright setback in December, when the economy shed jobs for the first time since April. December’s loss, originally stated at 140,000, was revised on Friday to 227,000. The gain for November was revised from 336,000 to 264,000. There was a small victory in avoiding a second consecutive month of job losses, a prospect that some economists had feared given the one-two punch of rising coronavirus cases and waning federal aid.
“It is a positive sign that we got over those speed bumps and the wheels haven’t completely come off the car,” said Nick Bunker, head of research for the job site Indeed. But Mr. Bunker said the gains were nothing to celebrate. The economy still has more than nine million fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic, and progress has slowed significantly since the summer. “It’s not clear that this one month assuages those concerns,” he said. “A hundred thousand here, a hundred thousand there is steady progress, but it’s not the sort of gains we need to see.”
Looking to strengthen the recovery, President Biden and congressional Democrats have been pressing for a $1.9 trillion relief measure. The legislation took a step forward early Friday when the Senate narrowly passed a budget resolution that will next go to the House, where Democrats will not need Republican support to approve it.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/05/business/stock-market-today/the-us-economy-added-49000-jobs-in-january-a-weak-showing-after-a-virus-surge
The American economy produced little relief last month as the winter pandemic surge continued to stymie a rebound in the labor market. The weak showing comes in the midst of a fresh effort in Washington to provide a big infusion of aid to foster a recovery. U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department said Friday. The number reflected a disappointing month of hiring even as it provided hope of renewed economic momentum.
The unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent, from 6.7 percent. The limited January gains followed an outright setback in December, when the economy shed jobs for the first time since April. December’s loss, originally stated at 140,000, was revised on Friday to 227,000. The gain for November was revised from 336,000 to 264,000. There was a small victory in avoiding a second consecutive month of job losses, a prospect that some economists had feared given the one-two punch of rising coronavirus cases and waning federal aid.
“It is a positive sign that we got over those speed bumps and the wheels haven’t completely come off the car,” said Nick Bunker, head of research for the job site Indeed. But Mr. Bunker said the gains were nothing to celebrate. The economy still has more than nine million fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic, and progress has slowed significantly since the summer. “It’s not clear that this one month assuages those concerns,” he said. “A hundred thousand here, a hundred thousand there is steady progress, but it’s not the sort of gains we need to see.”
Looking to strengthen the recovery, President Biden and congressional Democrats have been pressing for a $1.9 trillion relief measure. The legislation took a step forward early Friday when the Senate narrowly passed a budget resolution that will next go to the House, where Democrats will not need Republican support to approve it.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/05/business/stock-market-today/the-us-economy-added-49000-jobs-in-january-a-weak-showing-after-a-virus-surge
Everyone of these data series comes with a table and graph.
# Nonfarm Employment (Establishment Survey, https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001
Monthly changes (in thousands): https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth
2019: 237 -50 168 219 63 175 193 195 221 195 234 161
2020: 315 289 -1683 -20679 2833 4846 1726 1583 716 680 264 -227
2021: 49
December and January are Preliminary. In thousands
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CEU0000000001
# Employed in thousands from the separate Household Survey, http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12000000
Monthly changes (in thousands): http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12000000?output_view=net_1mth
2019: -120 279 -95 -68 142 248 486 244 369 126 184 195
2020: -76 73 -3196 -22166 3854 4876 1677 3499 267 2126 140 21
2021: 201
Jan and Feb of each year are affected by changes in population controls. In thousands
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU02000000
# Nonfarm PRIVATE Employment (Establishment Survey, https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0500000001
Monthly changes: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0500000001?output_view=net_1mth
^-Good for comparison to the ADP report that typically comes out a few days earlier
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CEU0500000001
# INFLATION ADJUSTED Weekly Earnings of Production and Non-Supervisory Workers http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0500000031
# Labor Force http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11000000?output_view=net_1mth
The labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed. To count as unemployed, one must have actively sought work in the past 4 weeks (just looking at want ads and job postings doesn't count)
Monthly change in thousands:
2020: -124 -7 -1727 -6243 1722 1597 288 733 -740 640 -182 31
2021: -406
Total count in thousands:
2020: 164455 164448 162721 156478 158200 159797 160085 160818 160078 160718 160536 160567
2021: 160161
January 2021 is down 4.287 million from February 2020 -- lots of people are discouraged from looking because of poor prospects and/or concerns over coronavirus. And note that January is down 406,000 from December and down 657,000 over the past 5 months
January and February data affected by changes in population controls.
# Unemployed http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13000000
2020: 5796 5717 7185 23109 20975 17697 16308 13542 12535 11049 10728 10736
2021: 10130 (in thousands)
(but continuing claims for unemployment insurance IN ALL PROGRAMS for the week ending January 16 was 17835 thousand, it's higher because, because, because it's not lower and its not the same, that's why
. The continuing claims in all programs statistic lags by about 2 1/2 weeks, the above is the latest as of Friday 2/5. )
https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdfThe total number of continued weeks claimed for benefits in all programs for the week ending January 16 was 17,835,525, a decrease of 486,405 from the previous week.
# ETPR (Employment-To-Population Ratio) aka Employment Rate http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000
# LFPR (Labor Force Participation rate) http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000
# Unemployment rate http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
# U-6 unemployment rate http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13327709
# NILF -- Not in Labor Forcehttp://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS15000000
# NILF-WJ -- Not in Labor Force, Wants Job http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS15026639
# Part-Time Workers who want Full-Time Jobs (Table A-8's Part-Time For Economic Reasons) http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12032194
# Part-Time Workers (Table A-9) http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12600000
# Full-Time Workers (Table A-9) http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12500000
# Multiple Jobholders as a Percent of Employed (Table A-9) https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12026620
# Civilian non-institutional population https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS10000000
# Black unemployment rate https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000006
2020: 6.1 6.0 6.8 16.7 16.7 15.3 14.4 12.8 12.0 10.8 10.3 9.9
2021: 9.2 Trump: "what have you got to lose?"
# Hispanic or Latino unemployment rate https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000009
2020: 4.3 4.4 6.0 18.9 17.6 14.5 12.7 10.5 10.3 8.8 8.4 9.3
2021: 8.6
# White unemployment rate https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000003
2020: 3.0 3.0 3.9 14.1 12.3 10.1 9.2 7.4 7.0 6.0 5.9 6.0
2021: 5.7
LFPR - Labor Force Participation Rate for some age groups
The LFPR is the Employed + jobless people who have looked for work in the last 4 weeks (and say they want a job and are able to take one if offered). All divided by the civilian non-institutional population age 16+.
SA means Seasonally adjusted. NSA means Not Seasonally Adjusted
16+: SA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000 NSA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU01300000
25-34: SA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300089 NSA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU01300089
25-54: SA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300060 NSA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU01300060
55+: SA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11324230 NSA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU01324230
65+: SA: ---------------- NSA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU01300097
LFPR - Labor Force Particpation Rate (prime age 25-54) by gender
All: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300060
Men: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300061
Women: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300062
ETPR - Employment to Population Ratio for some age groups
SA means Seasonally adjusted. NSA means Not Seasonally Adjusted
16+: SA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000 NSA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU02300000
25-34: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300089 NSA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU02300089
25-54: SA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300060 NSA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU02300060
55+: SA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12324230 NSA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU02324230
65+: SA: ---------------- NSA: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU02300097
