Tag: Jobs

United States GDP would be $30.5 billion worse off under Donald Trump's proposed Muslim ban. The losses would increase more every year the ban remains in place. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Study: Trump’s Muslim ban would kill jobs

Jason Russell · August 25, 2016 7:27 pm

The tipped minimum wage will rise from $2.77 to $5 an hour by 2020 and then increase with inflation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

D.C. lost restaurant jobs after min. wage hike

Jason Russell · August 25, 2016 4:40 pm

Investors and policymakers closely watch jobless claims numbers because they are a frequently-updated indication of the health of the labor market and the economy. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Jobless claims tick even lower, to 261,000

Joseph Lawler · August 25, 2016 12:32 pm

Does Donald Trump's claim Americans are financially worse off now stand true? Partially. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Poll disagrees with Trump, says people better off today

Anna Giaritelli · August 25, 2016 12:04 am

The different results of these three different samples suggest a progression. Higher-income, higher-education populations hold a more positive view of trade. (AP Photo)

Washington elites at odds with the rest of the nation on trade

Timothy P. Carney · August 16, 2016 4:01 am

Organizers of march for $15 wage link up with Black Lives Matter, liken opponents to backers of slavery. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

Union seeks to make $15 minimum wage a race issue

Sean Higgins · August 13, 2016 8:56 pm

Participants in march to raise the wage either don't believe evidence it kills jobs or don't care. (Sean Higgins/Washington Examiner)

Activists dismiss drawbacks of $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · August 13, 2016 8:48 pm

Donald Trump's campaign urged voters on Thursday not to buy into Hillary Clinton's economic agenda.

Trump campaign casts Clinton as a job killer before her economic speech

Gabby Morrongiello · August 11, 2016 5:36 pm

The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits the week before. Economists had expected a tick in jobless claims up to 265,000. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Jobless claims on best hot streak since 1970

Joseph Lawler · August 11, 2016 12:31 pm

Clinton keeps using debunked claim against Trump

Clinton keeps using debunked claim against Trump

Becket Adams · August 11, 2016 12:36 am

Construction companies keep on advertising new jobs, but hiring has hardly budged during the recovery, new figures show. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

The situation in the construction industry is unsustainable

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2016 3:10 pm

The economic recovery has been biased against the young — it is time for policymakers to reverse that trend. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

A new way to tackle youth unemployment

Preston Cooper · August 9, 2016 4:02 am