Help Wanted Online At a Glance
Online Advertised Vacancies: 3,362,500
Monthly Change: Down 5% (Not seasonally adjusted)
Year-to-year Change: Up 7%
New ads: 2,223,100
Monthly Change: Down 3.7%
Vacancies advertised per 100 in labor force: 2.2
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ADP Employment Report At a Glance
Total Nonfarm Private Employment: 116,107,000
Monthly Change: Up 130,000
Products Producing Sector: 22,084,000
Monthly Change: Down 11,000
Service Producing Sector: 94,023,000
Monthly Change: Up 141,000
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) At a Glance
4th Quarter Advance Estimate
Real Annual Growth Rate: 0.6%
Previous Quarter Rate: 4.9%
Current Dollar GDP Growth: 3.2%
GDP Implicit Price Deflator:2.5%
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Federal Funds Rate: 3%
Discount Rate: 3.5%
The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate 50 basis points to 3%.
This is in addition to a decision by the FOMC to lower the rate 75 basis points between meetings.
In a related action, the Board of Governors unanimously approved a 50-basis-point [...]
