Economic Perspectives

Employment Conditions: As Goes the Nation, So Goes the FHLBNY District

Authored by Brian Jones, FHLBNY Financial Economist

Highlights

May 2018

The pace of job creation slowed markedly across the country in March. Capped by a return to more seasonable temperatures during the reference period, nonfarm employers added a comparatively modest 103,000 persons to headcounts, after the eye-catching 326,000 surge posted in February…

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