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White House responds to jobs numbers
Jun 1, 2012
The American workforce feels it, but now its official: the economy created a meager number of jobs in May. Alan Krueger, chair of the President's council of economic advisors joined us live for the White House's reaction.
Checking in with the newly unemployed
Jun 1, 2012
Fresh out of work, a newcomer to the search for work talks about her next steps.
Jobs report shows Spring slow down
Jun 1, 2012
The U.S. added 69,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate in the U.S. climbed to 8.2 percent, from 8.1 percent in April. At the same time, the number of jobs created in March and April has been revised down.
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May's jobs numbers disappoint
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Amy Scott
Jun 1, 2012
The government recorded just 69,000 additional jobs in May. A separate survey of households showed unemployment at 8.2 percent, a slight increase from April.
Weekly Wrap: Jobs, Facebook, and Golf
Apr 6, 2012
New York Bureau chief Heidi Moore and Sudeep Reddy of the Wall Street Journal check in for our weekly recap of wall street and the economy: Sluggish jobs report, Facebook plays the exchange game, and will IBM's CEO go to the Masters?
Slow and steady wins the race
Feb 1, 2012
Today payroll giant ADP announced 170,000 new additions to payrolls.
Employment report: The Christmas bump
Jan 6, 2012
Temporary holiday hires might be padding December’s big jobs numbers.
For public good, not for profit.
Despite reports, odds still stacked against job seekers
Dec 13, 2011
A recent report from the Department of Labor has job listings up sharply over two years prior, but with unemployment at 8.6 percent, job openings are not plentiful.
Jill Schlesinger: Reason to smile today, but jobs crisis far from over
Oct 7, 2011
The September jobs report is out and it was better than last month, when I complained that President Obama blew it on jobs. The Labor Department ...
OP-ED: August jobs report shows Obama blew it
Sep 2, 2011
The August jobs report is out and it was even worse than last month. The Labor Department said the US economy did not add any jobs last month (an...