Tag: Jobs

The U.S. labor market remained stuck in a rut in September, as the number of new jobs created fell to 148,000 and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.2 percent, the Labor Department announced.

Delayed September jobs report disappoints: 148,000 new jobs; unemployment rate at 7.2 percent

Joseph Lawler · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Jason Furman speaks about the economy post government shutdown at the daily press briefing at the White House. Furman said the addition of 148,000 jobs in September is a sign of "solid" growth but forecasts worsening in October because of the 16-day partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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7.2 percent unemployment, just 148k jobs added is ‘solid’?

Ashe Schow · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Delayed Sept. US jobs report to be issued Tuesday

Delayed Sept. US jobs report to be issued Tuesday

Christopher Rugaber · October 21, 2013 8:47 pm

FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo, a crowd of job seekers attends a health care job fair in New York. Almost 6 million young people, ages 16 to 24, are neither in school nor working, according to a study released Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, by The Opportunity Nation coalition. The study also finds that 49 states have seen an increase in the number of families living in poverty and 45 states have seen household median incomes fall in the last year. The dour report underscores the challenges young adults face now and foretell challenges they are likely to face as they get older. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Study: 15 percent of US youth out of school, work

Philip Elliott · October 21, 2013 10:17 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and others argued that the reason Obamacare still stands is Republicans have been too timid to resist it. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Republicans must appeal to the disillusioned

Mona Charen · October 21, 2013 4:00 am

The September jobs report that was scheduled for Friday, Oct. 4 will instead come out on Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced.

The week ahead in economics: Delayed data, government shutdown watch

Joseph Lawler · October 21, 2013 4:00 am

The Economic Outlook Looks Good, Politics Aside

Irwin M. Stelzer · October 19, 2013 3:00 am

J-school failure: Just 26 percent of new reporters have skills to do the job

Paul Bedard · October 18, 2013 4:00 am

Why Obamacare will make America less productive

Veronique de Rugy · October 18, 2013 4:00 am

More seniors and fewer 18 to 29-year-olds are in the workforce today than when the recession ended in 2009, according to a new poll. (Thinkstock)

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More seniors, fewer youth in workforce since end of recession

Ashe Schow · October 17, 2013 4:00 am

The economic damage caused by the lapse in funding has so far been limited, but it will grow more severe if Congress doesn't approve funding for normal operations. (AP Photo)

Government shutdown may push economy into recession, the question is when

Joseph Lawler · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

Big Banks Have Big Problems

Irwin M. Stelzer · October 12, 2013 3:00 am