When Is the Next Jobs Report?

Bad news on the jobs front is good news for stocks.

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"When is the next jobs report" isn't usually a burning question when the economy is expanding and the unemployment rate is down to levels last seen more than 50 years ago.

But in the upside-down world of the post-pandemic recovery, bad news on the jobs front is good news for stocks.

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Jobs Report Release Dates 2024
Reference MonthRelease DateRelease Time
FebruaryMarch 88:30 am Eastern
MarchApril 58:30 am Eastern
AprilMay 38:30 am Eastern
MayJune 78:30 am Eastern
JuneJuly 58:30 am Eastern
JulyAugust 28:30 am Eastern
AugustSeptember 68:30 am Eastern
SeptemberOctober 48:30 am Eastern
OctoberNovember 18:30 am Eastern
NovemberDecember 6 8:30 am Eastern

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Dan Burrows
Senior Investing Writer, Kiplinger.com

Dan Burrows is Kiplinger's senior investing writer, having joined the august publication full time in 2016.

A long-time financial journalist, Dan is a veteran of SmartMoney, MarketWatch, CBS MoneyWatch, InvestorPlace and DailyFinance. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Consumer Reports, Senior Executive and Boston magazine, and his stories have appeared in the New York Daily News, the San Jose Mercury News and Investor's Business Daily, among other publications. As a senior writer at AOL's DailyFinance, Dan reported market news from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and hosted a weekly video segment on equities.

Once upon a time – before his days as a financial reporter and assistant financial editor at legendary fashion trade paper Women's Wear Daily – Dan worked for Spy magazine, scribbled away at Time Inc. and contributed to Maxim magazine back when lad mags were a thing. He's also written for Esquire magazine's Dubious Achievements Awards.

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Dan holds a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College and a master's degree from Columbia University.

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