Mar 05 For Many Part-Timers, Underemployment Is a Full-Time Concern By Maureen Hoch Since the start of the recession, more Americans have been thrust into part-time work either due to economic concerns or because they can't pin down a full-time job. Continue reading
Mar 05 Latest U.S. Unemployment Report 'Better than We Feared' By Carolyn O'Hara With the unemployment rate holding steady in Friday's jobs report, we turned to Joel Naroff, founder and president of the consulting firm Naroff Economic Advisors, for a deeper look at the numbers and the health of the overall… Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch News Wrap: Jobless Claims Boost Confidence on Wall Street In other news Friday, positive unemployment numbers from Labor Department helped Wall Street rally, and General Motors announced it will reinstate 600 dealerships it had planned to close. Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Unemployment Rate Holds Steady, but Minorities Still Worse Off The nation's unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent in February, but jobless rates for blacks and Latinos remain high. Judy Woodruff talks to two financial and policy experts about the disparity. Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch Bunning Plays Hardball Over Jobless Benefits Bill Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning managed to single-handledly delay an extension of jobless benefits, ever as some of his Republican colleagues spoke out in opposition. Gwen Ifill talks to a Louisville Courier-Journal reporter for insight on the story. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Considering Unemployment's Lingering Social, Emotional Consequences Jeffrey Brown talks to journalist Don Peck about the personal unemployment experience and about the long-term social consequences of joblessness as unemployment remains near 10 percent and economic indicators point to a slow recovery. Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Jobs Bill Passes Senate with Boost from Republicans Democrats say the $35 million jobs bill that passed the Senate Wednesday could create a quarter of a million jobs. The legislation would temporarily suspend payroll taxes for businesses that hire unemployed workers. Margaret Warner talks to a Washington Post… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch One Year Later, Stimulus Appears to Yield Mixed Results President Barack Obama touted the one-year-old stimulus legislation for continuing to create jobs, even as many Americans question the potency of the recovery. Jeffrey Brown speaks with John Cochrane of the University of Chicago and Lawrence Mishel, president of the… Continue watching
Feb 11 New Jobless Claims Fall as White House Predicts Future Job Growth The number of U.S. workers filing an initial claim for jobless benefits dropped last week. According to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor, initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 43,000 to 440,000 for the week ending… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch White House Touts New Signs of Job Growth The White House Thursday released its annual report on the economy, predicting an average of 95,000 jobs will be created each month this year. A top White House economic adviser discusses the findings. Continue watching