Showing posts with label unemployment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unemployment. Show all posts
Friday, October 05, 2012

Unemployment rate falls to 7.8%

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The nation's unemployment rate dropped to the lowest it has been in almost four years in September, giving President Barack Obama a pot...
Friday, July 06, 2012

Economy adds a mere 80,000 jobs

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The U.S. economy generated a paltry 80,000 jobs in June, showing that the nation's job-creation machine is stumbling even as voters...
Friday, June 01, 2012

Unemployment Rises; Markets Swoon

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Businesses dramatically scaled back hiring in May, pushing the nation’s unemployment rate up to 8.2 percent and stoking fears that the econ...
Friday, May 04, 2012

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Friday, April 06, 2012

Job Growth Hits a Speed Bump

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The recent improvement in the nation’s job market slowed substantially in March as employers expanded payrolls by 120,000 jobs, the Labor De...
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Friday, March 09, 2012

The Economy: Good news; but...

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The nation’s economic picture brightened in February, as employers added more than 200,000 jobs for the third month in a row and more people...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

U.S. Jobless Claims Are Lowest Since 2008

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The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell to the lowest point in almost four years last week, the latest signal that the job m...
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Friday, February 03, 2012

Evidence suggests economic recovery gaining speed

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The U.S. economy is like a flywheel: It takes a lot to get it going. Once it starts moving, it can pick up speed pretty quickly. To see wh...
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Unemployment Continues To Fall

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The U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate dropped to a near three-year low, offe...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

U.S. Jobless Claims Fall Sharply

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The number of people seeking unemployment benefits for the first time plummeted last week to 352,000, the fewest since April 2008, the Labor...
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Thursday, January 05, 2012

Cautious Signs of Economic Improvement Continue

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The job market got a bucket of good news Thursday showing private sector hiring picking up and new claims for unemployment benefits dropping...
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Friday, December 02, 2011

Some good news on jobs with lots of qualifiers

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Some companies are hiring, especially retailers.  But a lot of the new jobs are temp positions and even those that are full time  pay very l...
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Monday, October 03, 2011

So you think you have a tough work environment

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A contest offering $10 to guess which of your colleagues will be fired next is a good reason to quit your job, according to a judge in Iowa....