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A gauge known as the labor force participation rate measures the proportion of working-age adults who either have a job or are looking for one. This rate fell to 63.2 percent last year, its lowest level point since 1978, according to the Labor Department. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Economy

Fewer Americans in the workforce

January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Protestors demonstrate outside a McDonald's restaurant in Oakland, Calif., on Dec. 5 as part of push by labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Economy

Federal minimum wage hike would affect states differently — and that’s a plus for Democrats

Joseph Lawler -

January 12, 2014 5:00 am

Economy

Obama vows ‘year of action’ on economy

Jeremy Barr -

January 11, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 file photo, Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami. The labor Department issues the December jobs report, the last one for 2103, on January 10. 2014. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, FIle)

Economy

Surprisingly weak jobs report puzzles economists

Christopher Rugaber -

January 10, 2014 10:12 pm

Economy

Always Look On The Bright Side …

Geoffrey Norman -

January 10, 2014 5:37 pm

Sessions: ‘For Every One Job Added, Nearly 5 People Left the Workforce’

Daniel Halper -

January 10, 2014 4:28 pm

Economy

Those Old Unexpected Blues

Geoffrey Norman -

January 10, 2014 2:22 pm

Economy

6.7 Percent

Daniel Halper -

January 10, 2014 1:31 pm

Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair in Miami. (AP/Lynne Sladky)

Economy

US employers may post a 5th month of solid hiring

Christopher Rugaber -

January 10, 2014 12:15 pm

Economy

Big ideas: On Iraq, homelessness and paid sick leave

Joseph Lawler -

January 10, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Jobs

Fewer Americans in the workforce

Federal minimum wage hike would affect states differently — and that’s a plus for Democrats

Obama vows ‘year of action’ on economy

Surprisingly weak jobs report puzzles economists

Always Look On The Bright Side …

Sessions: ‘For Every One Job Added, Nearly 5 People Left the Workforce’

Those Old Unexpected Blues

6.7 Percent

US employers may post a 5th month of solid hiring

Big ideas: On Iraq, homelessness and paid sick leave

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