Tag: Unemployment

Job seekers get information at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday.

Jobless claims hover near 50-year lows

Joseph Lawler · July 26, 2018 8:32 am

The unemployment rate is 3.8 percent in the U.S.

Jobless claims fall to the lowest level since 1969

Joseph Lawler · July 19, 2018 12:30 pm

Apprentice Ryan Buzzy, 18, center, works with Skip Johnson, left, a trainer in STIHL's apprenticeship program, in their training area at the Stihl manufacturing facility, Thursday, May 25, 2017 in Virginia Beach.

Worker retraining needed to maintain growth, White House says

Joseph Lawler · July 17, 2018 8:53 pm

Jobless claims plunge to 214,000, lowest since May

Joseph Lawler · July 12, 2018 8:31 am

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, people check out opportunities during a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. U.S. employers added 169,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent, the lowest in nearly five years, according to the Labor Department, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.

Hires rise to highest level in 17 years

Joseph Lawler · July 10, 2018 2:12 pm

A recruiter in the shale gas industry, left, speaks with an attendee of a job fair. Economists have estimated that 195,000 jobs were added last month and that the unemployment rate remained at an 18-year low of 3.8 percent, according to data provider FactSet.

June beats expectations with 213,000 new payroll jobs, unemployment at 4 percent

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2018 12:30 pm

Signage at the Breakthru Beverage Group booth during a National Career Fairs event in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose to a seven-week high while remaining consistent with a tight job market, Labor Department figures showed Thursday.

Jobless claims rise to 231,000, but are still running at historic lows

Joseph Lawler · July 5, 2018 12:31 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., points to boxes of petitions supporting the Republican tax reform bill that is set for a vote later this week as he arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017.

6 months of the Trump tax cuts, in numbers

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2018 9:11 pm

Dr. Herbert Hodes

Millennials have newfound optimism about the economy since Trump took office

Brendan Pringle · June 22, 2018 5:24 pm

Beltway Confidential

House Farm Bill aims to put people on welfare to work

Kristina Rasmussen · June 22, 2018 4:40 pm

Rep. Fred Upton: Tax reform helping Main Street and the energy sector to grow

Rep. Fred Upton · June 22, 2018 4:00 am

The unemployment rate is 3.8 percent in the U.S.

New jobless claims fall to 218,000 as overall number getting benefits declines

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2018 12:31 pm