Tag: Jobs

Gallup: Public Has ‘No Confidence’ Economy Is Getting Better

Geoffrey Norman · September 12, 2014 10:20 am

In this June 12, 2014 photo, Laura MacDonald, 25, interviews for an administrative sales position at the Cleveland Career Fair in Independence, Ohio. The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. The report will be released Thursday Sept. 11, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Applications for US unemployment rise to 315K

Christopher Rugaber · September 11, 2014 12:52 pm

First Time Claims

First Time Claims

Geoffrey Norman · September 11, 2014 12:15 pm

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, job seeker Stephen Watson, of Fort Lauderdale, second from left, reviews the job qualifications during a job fair in Sunrise. Fla. The Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover in July on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

US job openings stay near 13-year high; hiring up

Christopher Rugaber · September 9, 2014 7:58 pm

A 'Help Wanted' sign is posted in the window of an automotive service shop on March 8, 2013, in El Cerrito, California.

Job openings have spiked this year, but hiring lags

Joseph Lawler · September 9, 2014 2:33 pm

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released a new report projecting that labor force participation has not hit bottom yet. (iStock)

America’s incredible shrinking labor force

Washington Examiner · September 9, 2014 9:00 am

Fear Secular Stagnation

Irwin M. Stelzer · September 6, 2014 5:00 pm

An applicant fills out a form during a 2014 job fair in Sunrise, Fla. More than 60 percent of CEOs surveyed by the Business Roundtable plan to expand payrolls this year.

US job growth drops to 142K, slowest in 8 months

Christopher Rugaber · September 5, 2014 7:32 pm

President Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit in Wales, Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

VIDEO — Weekly Examiner: Obama jets off to NATO summit

Lisa Ruhl · September 5, 2014 7:21 pm

A foreign exchange company money trader works as screens show the current exchange rate of Japanese yen against U.S. dollar, top right, and euro, top left, in Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. The U.S. dollar rose to around 105.70 yen, the highest since October 2008, on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Stocks lifted by gains in dividend-rich utilities

Steve Rothwell · September 5, 2014 7:02 pm

Finding a job is even harder for younger Americans in the current environment. AP Photo

Millennial unemployment 15 percent

Paul Bedard · September 5, 2014 6:56 pm

Beltway Confidential

Today’s shoddy jobs report is not getting the silver lining treatment from many media outlets

Becket Adams · September 5, 2014 5:23 pm