Wanted: qualified people who will work for yesterday's wages

Aug 3, 2017
The tight labor market is making it harder to hire without raising pay significantly.
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This is what the unemployed look like

Jul 14, 2017
A disproportionate number of out-of-work adults have little education, a Brookings Institution study finds.
Illustration courtesy of the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program.

Americans are worrying about financial security even when they have jobs

May 17, 2017
Individuals are bearing the risk of the economy, 'Financial Diaries' authors say.
Steady clerical and administrative jobs that employed lots of people have disappeared, Jonathan Morduch says.
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The Fed's labor market index aims to give a bigger picture of the economy

May 8, 2017
The Fed today publishes its Labor Market Conditions Index for the month of April. The release follows Friday’s news that the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent last month, near a 10-year low. The index, which Janet Yellen started releasing publicly in 2014, goes further than just looking at the unemployment rate and payroll job […]

You think Washington has 'forgotten' you — and it doesn't matter what party you're in

Apr 24, 2017
As we approach the president's 100th day in office, Americans tell us they are less anxious about the economy. But, there's still a disconnect, according to our latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll.
A person watches the televised inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States while in Times Square on Jan. 20 in New York City.
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Why aren't we moving as much for work?

Apr 14, 2017
Economists are puzzled by a drop in mobility in the labor market.
High rents aren’t big enough to explain why Americans are much less mobile geographically than they were in the past, said Abigail Wozniak, associate professor of economics at Notre Dame.
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U.S. job growth cools, unemployment rate falls to 4.5 percent

Apr 7, 2017
U.S. employers added 98,000 nonfarm payrolls in March, far fewer than forecast, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday. Economists had expected the US economy to add 180,000 jobs, according to Bloomberg. The unemployment rate fell to a post-crisis low of 4.5%, and the number of people who were working part-time […]
 U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges auto workers at the American Center for Mobility March 15, 2017 in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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US adds a robust 235,000 jobs; unemployment dips to 4.7 percent

Mar 10, 2017
It is all but certain that the Fed will raise short-term interest rates at its next meeting.
A job seeker shakes hands with a recruiter during a job fair in San Francisco, California.
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High-tech worker retention was difficult before Kansas shootings

Mar 9, 2017
Businesses and employees are stressed about the hate crime and Trump's travel ban.
Mira Mdivani, a business immigration attorney in  Overland Park, Kansas, says she's been flooded with calls since President Donald Trump was elected.
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