Tag: Jobs

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Zogby Report Card: NSA court slap offset by US Olympic value play on gays

Paul Bedard · December 21, 2013 5:00 am

"Unemployment will continue to go down," International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde said in an interview recorded for "Meet the Press." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Christine Lagarde: US economy weaker than what official unemployment rate shows

Joel Gehrke · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

Expect the Unexpected

Expect the Unexpected

Geoffrey Norman · December 19, 2013 3:02 pm

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 379,000, the highest since March. The increase may reflect volatility around the Thanksgiving holidays. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Weekly US jobless claims hit 9-month high of 379,000

Christopher Rugaber · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

Students in the University of Colorado system may be facing job cuts due to Obamacare. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Colorado college students face job losses due to Obamacare

Joel Gehrke · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

More than 50 jobs will be eliminated at state hospitals in Topeka and Larned in an effort to save up to $3 million, Kansas officials said Tuesday. (Photo: Thinkstock)

State to cut jobs at two state hospitals in Kansas

Associated Press · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. homebuilders' confidence bounced back strongly this month, suggesting many will ramp up construction and hiring in coming months. (AP/Tony Dejak)

US homebuilder confidence surges in December

Associated Press · December 17, 2013 5:00 am

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP/Richard Drew)

Futures up solidly ahead of Fed meeting

Associated Press · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

Big ideas: On North Korean loyalty, streetcars and missing workers

Joseph Lawler · December 13, 2013 5:00 am

In November, 67.8 million women were working in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, just 122,000 fewer than at the peak of the expansion, which officially tipped into recession in December 2007. Women are likely to make up that gap in the next few months. (File photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Jobs recovery going better for women

Joseph Lawler · December 13, 2013 5:00 am

A December Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll found that 63 percent of Americans would favor raising the minimum wage from its current $7.25 hourly rate to $10.10, the amount in a bill introduced by Democrats Tom Harkin of Iowa in the Senate and George Miller of California in the House.

Support grows for hike in minimum wage

Joseph Lawler · December 13, 2013 5:00 am

Jobless Claims

Geoffrey Norman · December 12, 2013 1:56 pm