Tag: Jobs

Immigrants are special people, people with the ambition and guts to leave their home to pursue an American dream. We ought to let more of them in, writes columnist John Stossel. (iStock Photo)

Immigration is American

John Stossel · September 16, 2014 6:43 pm

Recovery?

Geoffrey Norman · September 15, 2014 12:52 pm

The Empire Center, a nonpartisan think tank in New York, released a report suggesting that New York has lagged behind the rest of the nation in making new millionaires. (iStock Image)

Think Tanks: New York hurts its millionaires

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2014 9:00 am

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Beltway Confidential

Inflation isn’t Robin Hood — or it’s a confused Robin Hood

Timothy P. Carney · September 12, 2014 4:57 pm

Gallup: Public Has ‘No Confidence’ Economy Is Getting Better

Geoffrey Norman · September 12, 2014 10:20 am

In this June 12, 2014 photo, Laura MacDonald, 25, interviews for an administrative sales position at the Cleveland Career Fair in Independence, Ohio. The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. The report will be released Thursday Sept. 11, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Applications for US unemployment rise to 315K

Christopher Rugaber · September 11, 2014 12:52 pm

First Time Claims

First Time Claims

Geoffrey Norman · September 11, 2014 12:15 pm

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, job seeker Stephen Watson, of Fort Lauderdale, second from left, reviews the job qualifications during a job fair in Sunrise. Fla. The Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover in July on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

US job openings stay near 13-year high; hiring up

Christopher Rugaber · September 9, 2014 7:58 pm

A 'Help Wanted' sign is posted in the window of an automotive service shop on March 8, 2013, in El Cerrito, California.

Job openings have spiked this year, but hiring lags

Joseph Lawler · September 9, 2014 2:33 pm

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released a new report projecting that labor force participation has not hit bottom yet. (iStock)

America’s incredible shrinking labor force

Washington Examiner · September 9, 2014 9:00 am

Fear Secular Stagnation

Irwin M. Stelzer · September 6, 2014 5:00 pm

An applicant fills out a form during a 2014 job fair in Sunrise, Fla. More than 60 percent of CEOs surveyed by the Business Roundtable plan to expand payrolls this year.

US job growth drops to 142K, slowest in 8 months

Christopher Rugaber · September 5, 2014 7:32 pm