Tag: Unemployment

Job openings hit a record high 6.7 million

Joseph Lawler · June 5, 2018 10:07 am

Coca-Cola employee passes out forms at a jobs fair hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus in Miami. The fair is aimed at lowering the especially high rate of unemployment in the black community.

Black unemployment rate hits new record low in May

Pete Kasperowicz · June 1, 2018 12:44 pm

Job applicants talk with employees of Hialeah Park, at a JobNewsUSA job fair in Florida. On Friday, the U.S. government issues the May jobs report.

US unemployment rate ties lowest level in nearly 50 years

Pete Kasperowicz · June 1, 2018 12:32 pm

Steve Bannon: Martin Luther King ‘would be proud’ of Trump

Katie Leach · May 24, 2018 1:00 am

Job seekers chat during the Opportunity Fair and Forum employment event in Dallas. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits a week earlier.

Jobless claims are running at the lowest level in nearly a half century

Joseph Lawler · May 17, 2018 12:31 pm

A man walks into the Center for American Progress, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at their office in Washington.

Prominent progressive think tank endorses version of jobs guarantee

Joseph Lawler · May 15, 2018 3:42 pm

Trump’s Fed vice chair nominee promises transparency, accountability

Joseph Lawler · May 15, 2018 12:26 am

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Trump predicts: ‘Soon’ unemployment rate for women will reach historic low

Katie Leach · May 11, 2018 12:20 am

Hundreds of job seekers were linked with nearly 60 regional employers at the Michigan City Community Job Fair at the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, Ind.

Job openings hit all-time high of 6.6 million

Joseph Lawler · May 8, 2018 2:01 pm

Veterans check out a variety of booths offering job information and employment help during the Job Fair at the Marion VA Medical Center in Marion, Ind., on Wednesday, May 2, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Unemployment is at its lowest since the month Al Gore conceded to George Bush, but will it help Republicans?

Philip Klein · May 4, 2018 8:05 pm

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Beltway Confidential

How Trump can leave office and go out on top

Quin Hillyer · May 4, 2018 3:10 pm

Trump: Stock market awaiting ‘incredible’ results on US trade talks

James Langford · May 4, 2018 2:46 pm