Joseph Lawler

Economy

Big Ideas: On superheroes, inequality and Hollywood

June 13, 2014 2:30 pm

Cotton farmer Teofilo âJuniorâ Flores, left, with his wife, Maria Flores, talks about the U.S.-Mexico border fence that passes through his property in Brownsville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Economy

Why Harvard’s George Borjas is worried about immigration

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June 13, 2014 1:00 pm

Nominees, from left: Stanley Fischer, to be vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; Jerome H. Powell and Lael Brainard, to be members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; Gustavo Velasquez Aguilar, to be an assistant secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; J. Mark McWatters, to be a member of the National Credit Union Administration Board; raise their hands as they are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 13,prior to their testifying before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on their nominations. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Economy

Senate confirms two Federal Reserve nominees

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June 12, 2014 8:08 pm

The share of small businesses saying that a lack of sales was their single most important problem fell to the lowest level since December 2007. (Thinkstock)

Economy

Small businesses see a huge sign of improvement in the economy

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June 10, 2014 5:30 pm

There were 4.46 million job openings on the last business day of April, according to the BLS's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, the most since September of 2007. (AP Photo)

Economy

Job openings surge to pre-recession levels in April

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June 10, 2014 3:09 pm

A borrower with $10,000 in debt at a 6.8 percent rate who participated in the refinancing program would cost the government $1,280, according to AAF. A student with $25,000 in loans would cost taxpayers $3,201. (Thinkstock)

Economy

Think tank: Refinancing would cost taxpayers $1,200-$3,200 per student borrower

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June 10, 2014 11:55 am

The Labor Department's jobs report disappointed for a second consecutive month Friday, bringing the news that the U.S. created just 113,000 jobs in January, as the unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent.

Economy

The Fed’s unofficial new goal

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June 9, 2014 10:40 am

Economy

Women are having fewer kids, and demographers don’t know why

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June 7, 2014 10:00 am

The number of payroll jobs increased by 217,000 to hit a record high of 138.5 million, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Economy

Six years later, U.S. finally regains jobs lost in crisis

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June 6, 2014 3:23 pm

The dollar value of Texas oil has more than quadrupled from less than $2 billion per month in early 2009 to a record high of $9.27 billion in March 2014. (Thinkstock)

Economy

Big ideas: On Texas oil, Detroit water and the TSA

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June 6, 2014 3:00 pm

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Big Ideas: On superheroes, inequality and Hollywood

Why Harvard’s George Borjas is worried about immigration

Senate confirms two Federal Reserve nominees

Small businesses see a huge sign of improvement in the economy

Job openings surge to pre-recession levels in April

Think tank: Refinancing would cost taxpayers $1,200-$3,200 per student borrower

The Fed’s unofficial new goal

Women are having fewer kids, and demographers don’t know why

Six years later, U.S. finally regains jobs lost in crisis

Big ideas: On Texas oil, Detroit water and the TSA

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