Tag: Jobs

First-time applications for unemployment benefits jumped to 274,000 in the last week of April. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims jump to 294,000, highest in a year

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2016 12:32 pm

Advertised job openings rose to 5.76 million in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Job openings rise to highest level in nearly a year

Joseph Lawler · May 10, 2016 2:23 pm

Rep. Kevin Brady, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced that his panel would mark up a package of "targeted, achievable" changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which is the federal government's cash welfare program. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

House panel to move on welfare legislation

Joseph Lawler · May 9, 2016 8:31 pm

Members of the media call out questions as President Barack Obama Friday about the economy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Washington Secrets

Obama report card: Approval up, economy down

Paul Bedard · May 7, 2016 11:26 am

Cut ordered by Congress is "unjust and violates several legal principles," American Bankers Association says. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

After jobs miss, investors rule out Fed rate hike in June

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2016 3:20 pm

The past two months are the first time that, on a 12-month basis, more people have left unemployment for jobs than for falling out of the workforce since the recession began. (AP Photo)

Jobs trend: More workers are getting jobs than dropping out

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2016 2:33 pm

April's gains were short of the roughly 200,000 new jobs expected by private-sector economists surveyed by Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

April disappoints with 160,000 new jobs, unemployment rate 5 percent

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2016 12:32 pm

"Our goal is to put forward a set of best practices and call to action for state legislators to make progress on reforms to address the misuse of non-competes," said Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Administration plans new regs to limit worker ‘non-compete’ clauses

Sean Higgins · May 5, 2016 5:32 pm

U.S. employment could be higher than what's consistent with a healthy economy, speculated James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Chris Goodney/Bloomberg)

Fed official: Economy may be ‘well beyond’ full employment

Joseph Lawler · May 5, 2016 4:44 pm

First lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden touted the positive veteran employment news on the fifth anniversary of their Joining Forces initiative. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

National Security

White House: Vet jobless rate less than national average

Susan Crabtree · May 5, 2016 2:11 pm

First-time applications for unemployment benefits jumped to 274,000 in the last week of April. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims jump to 274,000

Joseph Lawler · May 5, 2016 12:32 pm

"The well-being of our people depends on the passion and dedication of our workforce, and my administration has worked to recruit, uplift and empower exceptional civil servants," President Obama said. (AP Photo)

Obama praises government workers for helping ‘ordinary people’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 3, 2016 9:11 pm