Dec 22 More Americans optimistic about finding a job, most since Great Recession By Eric Krupke According to a new Gallup poll released today, 36 percent of Americans think that now is a good time to find a quality job. That’s the highest percentage since November 2007, before the start of the “Great Recession.” Gallup’s analysis… Continue reading
May 02 Watch Shields and Brooks on the flagging labor force, foreign policy fights By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including a mixed-bag jobs report boasting the lowest unemployment rate in five years, upcoming midterm primaries and critiques for President Obama’s… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch News Wrap: Economy Added 175,000 Jobs in May, but Unemployment Grew In other news Friday, although 175,000 more jobs were created in May, unemployment rose to 7.6 percent. Also, a gunman fired at vehicles near a college in Santa Monica, Calif., killing one person and injuring several others. At the time… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Shields and Brooks on Latino Voters, Last-Minute Election Factors Shields and Brooks on How the 2012 Election Looks a Whole Lot Like 2004… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Slow Growth Is Biggest Economic Challenge Facing Incoming President Slow Growth Is Biggest Economic Challenge Facing Incoming President… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch Lackluster Jobs Report Highlights Economic ‘Fear Factor’ A new jobs report released Friday showed the worst single month for job growth in a year, pushing the U.S. unemployment rate up to 8.2 percent. Margaret Warner explores what's behind the weaker jobs picture with Daniel Gross of Yahoo!… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch Unemployment Drops to 8.3%, but It’s ‘Premature to Do Handstands’ Unemployment Drops to 8.3%, but It's 'Premature to Do Handstands'… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch What Clues Does ‘Strange’ Unemployment Report Hold? January unemployment numbers sent mixed signals for economic recovery. The jobless rate dipped to 9 percent, but a survey of businesses found only a net gain of 36,000 jobs last month. Jeffrey Brown assesses those numbers with New York Times… Continue watching
May 08 Watch U.S. Unemployment Climbs to 8.9% Kwame Holman reports on the latest unemployment numbers and how the White House plans to aid the jobless. Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch Gloomy Job Numbers Signal New Woes for Economy U.S. employers cut 598,000 jobs in January, bringing the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent, in another sign of the deepening recession. It was the worst one-month job loss since 1974. Continue watching