Aug 05 With 117,00 New Jobs in July, a Slight Improvement in the Solman Unemployment Scale By Paul Solman "Employment Report Damned with Faint Praise: It Could Have Been Worse." Thus does Nigel Gault, Chief U.S. Economist of IHS Global Insight, sum up the consensus view of Friday's unemployment numbers. Jobs added in July; upward revision for June. Even… Continue reading
Aug 05 With 117,00 New Jobs in July, a Slight Improvement in the Solman Unemployment Scale By Paul Solman "Employment Report Damned with Faint Praise: It Could Have Been Worse." Thus does Nigel Gault, Chief U.S. Economist of IHS Global Insight, sum up the consensus view of Friday's unemployment numbers. Jobs added in July; upward revision for June. Even… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Economic Data Show U.S. Growth Slowing Considerably In other news Friday, new economic data released show U.S. growth is slowing considerably. The Commerce Department reported the economy expanded at a rate of 1.3 percent in the second quarter, far below expectations. Also, President Obama announced that fuel… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Cleveland Manufacturer Welds Together Job Security, Profits Paul Solman looks at a Cleveland company that's handled the economic turmoil differently. Continue watching
Jul 13 The No-Layoff Company -- in Ohio By Paul Solman // Editor's Note: On Wednesday's program, a look at an improbable Rust Belt success story. With a guaranteed no-layoff policy and average pay of almost $70,000 this year, Lincoln Electric is atypical of U.S. companies. We last visited the… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch Dismal Unemployment Report Suggests Recovery May Be Stalling The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent in June as employers added the fewest jobs in nine months. Jeffrey Brown discusses the grim jobs reading and the stubbornly high employment gap between black and white Americans with Pomona College's… Continue watching
Jul 08 Jobs: the Dreary Data, a Desperate Viewer, a Pessimistic Professor By Paul Solman Goodness! U-7, our own measure of under-and unemployment, shot up to 18.6 percent this morning, a rise that gets us back near the number when we first inaugurated the Solman Scale last December. This morning's job numbers: only… Continue reading
Jul 08 Jobs: Dreary Data, a Desperate Viewer, a Pessimistic Professor By Paul Solman Goodness! U-7, our own measure of under-and unemployment, shot up to 18.6 percent Friday morning, a rise that gets us back near the number when we first inaugurated the Solman Scale last December. Friday morning's job numbers:… Continue reading
Jul 08 Unemployment Up to 9.2 Percent in June, Only 18,000 Jobs Added Job seekers register and pick up open jobs fliers from potential employers at Los Angeles Mission's 10th annual Skid Row Career Fair June 2, 2011 in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. Unemployment rose to 9.2 percent… Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch Romney Tells Floridians 'I'm Also Unemployed' Mitt Romney Tells Floridians 'I'm Also Unemployed'… Continue watching