Tag: Jobs

The frustrating thing about the Labor Department's monthly unemployment numbers is that the feds actually releaseÃÂ sixÃÂ numbers each month, but just one gets any real attention -- and that number happens to be one of the least useful of the batch in terms of giving us an accurate picture of the economy. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Time to ditch the Labor Department’s ‘official’ unemployment rate for a better number

Sean Higgins · February 7, 2014 5:00 am

Charles Schwab to move 1,000 jobs out of SF

Charles Schwab to move 1,000 jobs out of SF

Washington Examiner · February 7, 2014 12:21 am

NC would ‘do anything’ for Boeing plant; 7K jobs

NC would ‘do anything’ for Boeing plant; 7K jobs

Emery Dalesio · February 6, 2014 6:45 pm

Austin Moore, 18, lines up with other job seekers during a career fair at a hotel in Dallas. (AP/LM Otero)

Fears of slowdown sharpen focus on US jobs report

Christopher Rugaber · February 6, 2014 5:46 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, file photo, job seekers sign in before meeting prospective employers during a career fair at a hotel in Dallas. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits for the first week of February on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Applications for US jobless aid fall 20K to 331K

Josh Boak · February 6, 2014 2:06 pm

"We can get Americans back to work and our economy booming again, but this is not achieved by Washington turning a temporary federal benefit into another welfare program," said Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. (AP File)

Senate rejects extension of long-term unemployment benefits

Sean Lengell · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

By discouraging work, Obamacare is making U.S. fiscal problems worse

Philip Klein · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, photo, job seekers line up to meet a prospective employer at a career fair at a hotel in Dallas. Payroll processor ADP reports on job growth at U.S. companies in January on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Survey: US companies add 175,000 jobs in January

Christopher Rugaber · February 5, 2014 3:08 pm

President Obama pauses as he speaks at McGavock High School in Nashville, Tenn., on Jan. 30. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obamacare: Making not working pay

David Freddoso · February 5, 2014 5:00 am

Jimmetta Smith, right, the wife of a U.S. Marine veteran, holds her resume while talking with a senior recruiter for Delta Airlines at a job fair for veterans and their family members at the VFW Post 2681 on Nov. 14 in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

CBO, New York Fed downplay labor force dropoff

Joseph Lawler · February 5, 2014 5:00 am

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that Obamacare will cause the loss of 2.5 million jobs in the next 10 years.

Beltway Confidential

New York Times editorial: CBO job loss predictions ‘mostly a good thing’

Charlie Spiering · February 5, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama reaches for a pen to sign the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Several million American workers will cut back their hours on the job or leave the nation's workforce entirely because of Obama's health care overhaul, congressional analysts said Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, adding fresh fuel to the political fight over "Obamacare." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Analysts say health care law means fewer on job

ANDREW TAYLORRICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR · February 5, 2014 2:43 am