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Healthcare added nearly 45,000 jobs in December, more than twice the number added the previous month, and accounted for more than a quarter of the increase in overall nonfarm employment, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The healthcare services sector added 20,000 jobs in November, representing an increase of 0.1% from October and bringing total healthcare employment in the country to 14.5 million, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Wholesale prices for acute-care hospitals climbed 0.9% in October after the prior month's 1.1% drop, newly released preliminary figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show.
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Healthcare added 43,500 jobs in September as the nation's economy grew by 114,000 jobs, according to newly released preliminary, seasonally adjusted figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Wholesale prices for acute-care hospital services saw their highest one-month spike since October 2009, climbing 1.7% in August, according to preliminary figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Produce Price Index.
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Healthcare job growth continued to drag in August as hospital hiring remained sluggish and physician offices added a mere 700 jobs. Healthcare added 16,700 jobs last month, a gain of 0.1%, to bring the industry's total employment to 14.4 million jobs, according to seasonally adjusted estimates...
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Healthcare job growth continued to drag in August as hospital hiring remained sluggish and physician offices added a mere 700 jobs.
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Healthcare employers added 12,000 jobs in July, the second straight month of slow employment gains in the industry as unemployment in the wider economy edged up slightly.
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When pay raises are small, some can take solace if their compensation rose above the rate of inflation, but that rate—as measured by the consumer price index—is a moving target, so using it as a historical measure may be of limited value. But that won't stop me from trying to do so.
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Healthcare added just 13,000 jobs in June, which was half of its average monthly growth rate in the past year but still comprised 16% of all new jobs in the national economy last month. Physician offices posted an overall loss of jobs, while hospitals showed a small gain.
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