Tag: Unemployment

Sens. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Susan Collins, R-N.H., pictured here on Jan. 14, are among the seven Republican co-sponsors of the plan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans propose new bill to extend and reform federal jobless pay

Susan Ferrechio · March 7, 2014 5:00 am

RI jobless rate ticks down to 9.2 percent

Washington Examiner · March 6, 2014 7:26 pm

Job loss a specter over United Tech talks in Conn.

Stephen Singer · March 6, 2014 12:30 pm

Recruiter Valera Kulow, left, speaks with job seeker Monic Spencer during a career fair in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

US applications for jobless aid reach 3-month low

Josh Boak · March 6, 2014 5:00 am

Wisconsin Democrat’s first ad gets Gov. Scott Walker’s jobs record wrong

Paul Bedard · March 6, 2014 12:00 am

Back to Work

Irwin M. Stelzer · March 3, 2014 12:00 am

Charles Evans, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said at a meeting in New York that the Fed to "do more" to boost the economy and let the public know that it won't be deterred by rising inflation. (AP Photo)

Top Fed ‘dove’ calls for more stimulus

Joseph Lawler · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

A job seeker stops at a table offering resume critiques during a job fair held in Atlanta. (AP/John Amis)

Applications for US jobless benefits rise to 348,000

Christopher Rugaber · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, before the Senate Banking Committee, to deliver the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress. Yellen noted that some recent economic data have pointed to weaker-than-expected gains in consumer spending and job growth. She said the Fed will be watching to see whether the slowdown proves only a temporary blip caused by severe winter weather. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Janet Yellen: Federal Reserve could pause the taper if slowing growth is more than bad weather

Joseph Lawler · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Rob Portman is blaming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the holdup in extending unemployment benefits for millions of longterm jobless AmericansÃÂ . (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Rob Portman blames Harry Reid for impasse on unemployment benefits

David M. Drucker · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

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, on Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, FIle)

Minimum wage supporters mischaracterize its effects

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Gov’t Report: Food Stamps Participation at Historic High, Even as Unemployment Rate Falls

Jeryl Bier · February 20, 2014 4:00 pm