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Understanding the year-end unemployment drop
Dec 22, 2011
What's behind the drop in unemployment claims?
Payroll tax cut could expire on Jan. 1
by
Bob Moon
Dec 21, 2011
No deal in Congress would mean that the payroll tax would rise by 2 percent, and unemployment benefits would be drastically cut.
With no payroll tax deal, unemployment benefits also at risk
Dec 21, 2011
If Congress fails to extend a payroll tax cut, federal jobless benefits will stop too.
Weekly jobless numbers hit three year low
Dec 15, 2011
The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims this week has fallen to the lowest point since May of 2008 -- and it isn't just holiday retail hiring causing the shift.
Mixed messages from the U.S. economy
Dec 15, 2011
Weekly jobless numbers out this week show positive signs for the country's economy recovery, but mortage lending rates tell a different story.
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.
Unemployment rate falls in metro areas
Dec 7, 2011
The unemployment rate in a number of cities fell in November, most notably in the Rust Belt.
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PODCAST: The 8.6%
by
Mary Dooe
Dec 2, 2011
The big monthly jobs numbers come out today. Dan Gorenstein finishes his two part series on unemployment, speaking with employment officials about what citizens can do. As the European debt crisis continues, it could start affecting U.S. exports. The Green Bay Packers are publicly owned, but those shares are really more about sentiment than actual value. And new car share programs in Germany are aimed at younger drivers.
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Will the slow job growth continue?
Dec 2, 2011
Gary Burtless of the Brookings Institution says that there have been some positive signs in the job market, but the situation is precarious.
A tale of two economies
Dec 2, 2011
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the U.S. created 120,000 new jobs in the month of November, while the national unemployment rate fell to a surprising 8.6 percent.