Tag: Unemployment

First-time applications for unemployment benefits jumped to 274,000 in the last week of April. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims jump to 294,000, highest in a year

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2016 12:32 pm

Advertised job openings rose to 5.76 million in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Job openings rise to highest level in nearly a year

Joseph Lawler · May 10, 2016 2:23 pm

The past two months are the first time that, on a 12-month basis, more people have left unemployment for jobs than for falling out of the workforce since the recession began. (AP Photo)

Jobs trend: More workers are getting jobs than dropping out

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2016 2:33 pm

April's gains were short of the roughly 200,000 new jobs expected by private-sector economists surveyed by Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

April disappoints with 160,000 new jobs, unemployment rate 5 percent

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2016 12:32 pm

U.S. employment could be higher than what's consistent with a healthy economy, speculated James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Chris Goodney/Bloomberg)

Fed official: Economy may be ‘well beyond’ full employment

Joseph Lawler · May 5, 2016 4:44 pm

First lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden touted the positive veteran employment news on the fifth anniversary of their Joining Forces initiative. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

National Security

White House: Vet jobless rate less than national average

Susan Crabtree · May 5, 2016 2:11 pm

First-time applications for unemployment benefits jumped to 274,000 in the last week of April. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims jump to 274,000

Joseph Lawler · May 5, 2016 12:32 pm

The Obama administration announced plans Friday to ban federal agencies from asking job seekers about their criminal records when they first apply for work. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Helping ex-cons return to work

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2016 11:03 am

Savior Obama’s lame economy limps along

Savior Obama’s lame economy limps along

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2016 4:02 am

Between the cyclical peaks of 1979 and 2007, average individual income tax rates fell most dramatically for the bottom 80 percent of taxpayers, with the bottom 40 percent receiving more in refundable tax credits than paid in taxes. (iStock photo)

Myth: Tax cuts helped only the rich

Washington Examiner Staff · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

Economists had expected unemployment claims to bounce back up to a still-low 265,000, according to a survey by Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jobless claims fall to lowest level since 1973

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2016 12:32 pm

Audit: $1.3 billion in disability payments made to people on unemployment

Audit: $1.3 billion in disability payments made to people on unemployment

Joel Gehrke · April 13, 2016 3:43 pm