January 7, 2011
Bernanke: It will take years for jobs to come back; $600 billion support program still needed:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Friday that there is increasing evidence that a "self-sustaining" economic...
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Unemployment Benefits on the Chopping Block Maryland Update
December 6, 2010
The U.S. Labor Department announced some dispiriting numbers on Friday. The unemployment rate is now at 9.8 percent, up from 9.6 in October. There were 39,000 new jobs, many fewer than are needed for a recovery.
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The HISTORY Of UNEMPLOYEMENT STATS
December 3, 2010
The main measure of employment in the United States is the Current Population Survey conducted monthly by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. In a March 5, 2008 column in The New York Times, excerpted below, David Leonhardt described the birth of the survey, and its... -
Jobless rate rises to 9.8 pct. as job growth slows
December 3, 2010
The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 9.8 percent in November, a seven-month high, as hiring slowed.
Employers added only 39,000 jobs last month, a sharp decline from the 172,000 created in October, the Labor Department reported Friday. The weakness was... -
Persistence of Long-Term Unemployment Tests U.S.
Persistence of Long-Term Unemployment Tests U.S.
The New York Times
December 2, 2010
By CATHERINE RAMPELL
The longer people stay out of work, the more trouble they have finding new work.
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That is a fact of life that much of Europe,...