employment data

Workforce measurement figures

Employment data refers to statistics about the workforce—job creation, unemployment rates, labor force participation, and related metrics.

Governments and economists track employment data closely as an indicator of economic health: The stock market dropped after disappointing employment data.

Monthly reports like the U.S. jobs report can move financial markets significantly.

Opposites
economic indicator type

employment dataGDP figures

National economic production totals

consumer price index · housing data · trade data · manufacturing output · stock market indices

labor market status

employment dataunemployment statistics

Measures of workforce inactivity

unemployment figures · jobless claims · unemployment rate

Family

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