Canada’s jobs report for October shows a continued slowdown in the manufacturing sector consistent with S&P Global’s purchasing managers' index, indicating that the manufacturing sector has been in a contraction territory since April this year. Canada’s manufacturing sector lost 19,000 jobs in ... READ MORE >
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U.S. manufacturing payrolls negative for first time in 21 months
Manufacturing payrolls lost 4,000 jobs in February, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday, the first net reduction the sector has experienced since April 2021 during the depths of the pandemic-induced recession. The negative figure wasn’t unexpected after nearly six months of ... READ MORE >
Manufacturing labor market tightens further as pace of hiring slows
The United States added 8,000 manufacturing jobs in December, making for a total of 379,000 new manufacturing jobs added in 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This marks a 3% rise in new manufacturing jobs compared to 2021, but the hiring pace in the last few months has slowed. The U.S. ... READ MORE >
October data: Manufacturing jobs show little sign of slowing, but openings still elevated
After three months of softening manufacturing payroll data, hiring continued and experienced an uptick in October, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. There were 32,000 net new manufacturing jobs added last month, an increase from the 23,000 added in September. Another ... READ MORE >
Positive manufacturing jobs data masks broader issue of tech investment
U.S. manufacturers’ hiring pace remained in positive territory in September with a net increase of 22,000 in manufacturing payrolls from August, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The sector’s pace of hiring has slowed since its recent peak in April of this year at ... READ MORE >