Tag: Unemployment

Miners crushed by second Great Recession, 109k jobs lost

Joseph Lawler · November 6, 2015 2:37 pm

Growth rebounded in October with 271,000 new jobs, unemployment 5 percent

Joseph Lawler · November 6, 2015 1:32 pm

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Unemployment benefit applications jump to 276,000

Joseph Lawler · November 5, 2015 1:33 pm

Federal Reserve vice chairmanÂ Stanley FischerÂ suggested that the reason that inflation remains dormant could be lagging productivity. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Fed official hints at rate hike, says inflation is coming

Joseph Lawler · November 5, 2015 2:07 am

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 17 on Thursday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims scrape rock bottom at 259,000

Joseph Lawler · October 22, 2015 12:34 pm

Job market is healing and the population is aging, Goldman Sachs says. (Getty)

U.S. needs only 85,000 new jobs a month: Analysis

Joseph Lawler · October 20, 2015 5:51 pm

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Another Putin coup: Russia tops U.S. for ‘good jobs’

Paul Bedard · October 18, 2015 6:21 pm

JanetÂ Yellen's core assumption is that there is a link between unemployment and inflation. In anÂ economy operating below full strength, a falling unemployment rate should lead to higher inflation. (AP Photo)

Is America facing its own ‘Lost Decade’?

Joseph Lawler · October 17, 2015 4:01 am

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 10 on Thursday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims drop to lowest point in four decades

Joseph Lawler · October 15, 2015 12:51 pm

Job growth has weakened in the past two months, with two straight job reports falling short of expectations and raising doubts about the strength of the economy.Â (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Historic split in the jobs data may hold the key to the economy

Joseph Lawler · October 11, 2015 4:01 am

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 3 on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims fall by more than expected to 263,000

Joseph Lawler · October 8, 2015 12:31 pm

As of September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the U.S. unemployment rate is 5.1 percent. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Lawmakers seek reforms to unemployment data

Curt Mills · October 7, 2015 9:22 pm