Feb 03 Watch Shields, Brooks on Romney’s ‘Silver Earplugs,’ Catholic Anger at Obama Shields, Brooks on Romney's 'Silver Earplugs,' Catholic Anger at Obama… 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 03 Unemployment Dips to 8.3%, Lowest Rate in Three Years Recruiter Esther Aranza reviews job seeker Andrew Jack Jr.'s resume during a career fair in Texas. Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg via Getty Images. By Paul Solman and Elizabeth Shell. The unemployment rate continued to trend downward Friday, reaching… Continue reading
Feb 03 Unemployment Dips to 8.3%, Lowest Rate in Three Years Recruiter Esther Aranza reviews job seeker Andrew Jack Jr.'s resume during a career fair in Texas. Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg via Getty Images. The unemployment rate continued to trend downward Friday, reaching 8.3 percent, the lowest rate in… Continue reading
Feb 02 Widening the Underemployment Pool – And Those Who Calculate It Photo by Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty Images. More signs that the U.S. economy may not be headed into a strong recovery just yet: unemployment was at 8.6 percent in January, with underemployment up to 18.7 percent. But wait… Continue reading
Feb 02 Widening the Underemployment Pool – And Those Who Calculate It Photo by Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty Images. More signs that the U.S. economy may not be headed into a strong recovery just yet: unemployment was at 8.6 percent in January, with underemployment up to 18.7 percent. But wait… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch Unemployment Dips to 8.5%, but How Is Overall U.S. Recovery Going? A surge in December hiring pushed the nation's unemployment rate to 8.5 percent, the lowest it's been in three years. Jeffrey Brown discusses the meaning of the most recent jobs report with Mesirow Financial's Diane Swonk and Mark Vitner of… Continue watching
Jan 06 Unemployment Dips to 8.5%, Lowest Rate in 2 Years A jobs sign hangs above the entrance to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce building in Washington, D.C. Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images. By Paul Solman and Elizabeth Shell Friday's unemployment figures are positive all around: The official unemployment number… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch How the U.S. Economy, Americans Fared in 2011 From the jobless rate to a discouraging housing market and an aggravated lot of indebted college graduates, the year's defining economic stories kept a downbeat theme. Ray Suarez discusses 2011's economic impact with The Atlantic's Don Peck, the University of… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch House GOP Agrees to Tax Cut Deal, but Is Another Showdown Just 2 Months Away? Breaking an impasse Thursday afternoon, House GOP leaders set a vote on a stopgap Senate bill that extends the payroll tax cut and long-term unemployment benefits for another two months. Judy Woodruff discusses the latest developments in Washington with Todd… Continue watching