Tag: Jobs

President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers his State of the Union addressÃÂ declared a "war on poverty"ÃÂ on Jan. 8, 1964. In background are Speaker John McCormack, left, and Sen. Carl Hayden. (AP Photo)

Examiner Editorial: New weapons are needed to win the war on poverty

Washington Examiner · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

EXography: Top 10 states for new jobs fuel hope for economic growth

EXography: Top 10 states for new jobs fuel hope for economic growth

David Freddoso · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

As long as government policy retards job creation, unemployment compensation only provides an expensive delay of the difficult decisions that await those currently out of work. (AP File)

Examiner Editorial: Extending jobless benefits encourages more unemployment

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

On Monday, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Janet Yellen, the current Federal Reserve vice chairwoman, to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

The week ahead in economics: The gender pay gap, Janet Yellen, unemployment benefits and jobs

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Gene Sperling, the director of President Obama's National Economic Council, pushed for Congress to extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation for three months. (AP File)

Obama adviser Gene Sperling pushes for unemployment benefits extension without offsets

Joseph Lawler · January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Predict Now, Revise Tomorrow

Irwin M. Stelzer · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Job seekers check out companies at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. (AP/Alan Diaz)

Don’t extend unemployment benefits

David Freddoso · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

A Whiting Petroleum Co. pump jack pulls crude oil from the Bakken region of the Northern Plains near Bainville, Mont., on Nov. 6. A growing push to allow oil companies to export some of the crude oil that is being produced in greater volumes domestically is sparking debate as 2014 nears. The ban on exports stems from a 1975 law passed after the nation suffered crippling shortages of oil and gas. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Beltway Confidential

Another hiring surge in North Dakota thanks to shale oil

Ashe Schow · December 31, 2013 5:00 am

Just 1 of 31 Bloomberg News watch groups confident in economy

Paul Bedard · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Economic Indicators Up, Obama’s Not

Irwin M. Stelzer · December 28, 2013 5:00 am

A long line of job seekers wait outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the last week on Dec. 26. (AP/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)

Weekly US jobless claims drop 42,000 to 338,000

Associated Press · December 26, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. stocks were poised to open higher Thursday, as Wall Street returns from the Christmas holiday, helped by a report that showed fewer Americans were filing for unemployment benefits. (AP/Richard Drew)

Better news on US job market sends stocks higher

Associated Press · December 26, 2013 5:00 am