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She added that retailers would also have to pay "hundreds of millions of pounds" to update their payroll systems.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Still, the ETI remains only 0.6% above its level one year ago, suggesting that payroll growth may remain modest in the months ahead, the survey said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Brent Wilsey, chief investment officer at Wilsey Asset Management, said Friday’s negative payroll number “likely doesn’t change much for the Federal Reserve,” but it does “raise the importance” of this week’s data.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 9, 2026
U.S. stocks rose Friday after July payroll data came in far weaker than expected, giving the Federal Reserve reason to hold off on raising interest rates next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Aunt Kitty’s eyes got squinty, and I knew she was pondering the s I had added to detective, as if I were now on Mr. Pinkerton’s payroll right beside her.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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We learned last week that total payrolls shrank in July, the fifth time in the past 12 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Yields on 10-year and 30-year Treasury bonds briefly dipped after Friday’s July payrolls report showed a surprise decline in the number of jobs, but the move was quickly reversed — something Rosenberg flagged as concerning.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Investors viewed the weaker payrolls backdrop as reducing the likelihood of near-term Fed tightening, thereby easing a key valuation headwind for risk assets,” said Chew.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
—Bitcoin remained stronger in the wake of Friday’s weaker-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls data dampening expectations for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Of two employers with equal forces and payrolls one may receive much more and better service than the other.
From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Walter Dill Scott
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