Unemployment

Today's revised GDP number says the country is growing. But what about the people in it?

Youth unemployment sits at almost 24 percent across the EU. But in Germany, it's less than 8 percent.

Heidi Moore from the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal's Sudeep Reddy join host Kai Ryssdal to look back at the week's business news and forward at where the economy is going after today's jobs report.

The unemployment level has fallen to 7 percent for the first time since 2008. But people are still suffering.

Innovative job screening platforms that include video interviews may solve some of the concerns with ubiquitous electronic screening systems.

Cardiff Garcia from FT Alphaville and Bloomberg's Nela Richardson join Lizzie O'Leary to look back at the week's business news and forward at where the economy is going.

We talk to a Nevada woman who needs a second job to pay for a stretch of unemployment.

The government just reported the labor market in October was much stronger than expected, but how reliable is the data for a month when the government was shut down for half of it?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the economy added 148,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate fell to 7.2 percent.

The government shutdown means no unemployment numbers have been released for September.