Sep 06 Is Unemployment Caused by a Skills Mismatch? EmbedVideo(1406, 482, 304); Editor's Note: Friday's story, "Can America's Jobless Fill American Jobs?" looked at the extent to which high unemployment is structural, and the extent to which it is cyclical. Zachary Karabell of economic research… Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch Is Unemployment Caused by a Skills Mismatch? Two experts weigh in on whether unemployment is structural or cyclical. Continue watching
Sep 06 Romney to Prescribe Economic Fix and Unveil Jobs Plan By David Chalian Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will unveil his proposal for fixing the country's economy problems. Photo by Stephen Morton/Getty Images. As a new round of national polling out Tuesday tells us, there is nothing more top of mind for American… Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch Economic Slump Brought a ‘Tough Year for Labor’ How powerful are labor unions in the U.S.? Ray Suarez looks at the state of labor unions -- on a day honoring Americans who work -- with the Heritage Foundation's James Sherk, AFL-CIO's Thea Lee and The New York Times'… Continue watching
Sep 05 Obama Rallies Support Ahead of Jobs Speech President Obama speaks during Labor Day celebrations on September 5, 2011 outside General Motor's world headquarters in Detroit, Mich. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images. Days after the August jobs report showed zero growth -- and ahead of a prime-time… Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch Can America’s Jobless Fill American Jobs? With the U.S. unemployment rate stuck around 9 percent, economics correspondent Paul Solman explores whether widespread joblessness is simply the result of a weak economy or if a broader shift toward higher-skill work is occurring that could leave many Americans… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Weakest Employment Report in a Year Shows Job Growth Slowing to a Standstill The unemployment numbers released Friday by the Labor Department constitute the weakest report in a year with no net jobs added in August and that national unemployment rate stuck at 9.1 percent. Ray Suarez discusses what the dismal report means… Continue watching
Sep 02 August Jobs Numbers Spell Bad News for Long-Term Growth Not good. Friday's job numbers, that is. Yes, there was an extenuating event: 48,000 or so Verizon workers walked off the job during August, and they're in the data as job losses, it seems. But the consensus forecast,… Continue reading
Sep 02 August Jobs Numbers Spell Bad News for Long-Term Growth Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Not good. Friday's job numbers, that is. Yes, there was an extenuating event: 48,000 or so Verizon workers walked off the job during August, and they're in the data as job… Continue reading
Sep 02 Unemployment Rate Remains 9.1% in August, Zero Net Jobs Added Photo by Getty Images August unemployment numbers, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, remained stagnant as employers added no net jobs -- the first government report of zero new jobs since 1945. While private… Continue reading