Tag: Unemployment

After spiking the week after Hurricane Harvey hit, forecasters had expected the number to drift further up to above 300,000. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Two-and-a-half year jobless claims streak intact despite Hurricane Harvey

Joseph Lawler · September 14, 2017 12:31 pm

A former Texas senator says former President Barack Obama is to blame for reducing U.S. economic growth to less than 3 percent annually, and said failing to return to that level of growth could kill off the American Dream. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Phil Gramm blames Obama for the end of 3 percent growth

Pete Kasperowicz · September 11, 2017 11:31 am

Postal worker Lonzell Rector makes his rounds among flood damaged debris from homes that lines the street in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Analysts: Hurricane Harvey could slow economic growth by full percentage point

Todd Shepherd · September 10, 2017 5:32 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said the employment numbers for August showed "continued economic strength and optimism" in the nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta: Jobs numbers show ‘strength and optimism’

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2017 5:26 pm

The month's job growth fell shy of economist's expectations, which were for 180,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Economy adds 156,000 jobs in August, unemployment ticks up to 4.4 percent

Joseph Lawler · September 1, 2017 12:31 pm

If France is to escape its current economic malaise it must confront the source of that problem. Finally, a French president is now doing so.

Beltway Confidential

Emmanuel Macron drags France towards labor reform

Tom Rogan · August 31, 2017 3:23 pm

Economists had expected unemployment claims to inch up to 237,000. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Jobless claims inch up to 236,000, remain near historic lows

Joseph Lawler · August 31, 2017 12:31 pm

On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits a week earlier. Economists had expected a slight dip in jobless claims to 240,000. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Jobless claims plunge to 232,000, lowest in almost six months

Joseph Lawler · August 17, 2017 12:31 pm

Forecasters had expected jobless claims not to rise much above the previous week's very low level of 240,000. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Jobless claims inch up to 244,000, economy extends best hot streak in 43 years

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2017 12:32 pm

The number of advertised job openings rose to a record-high 6.2 million in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

US job openings hit record high in June

Joseph Lawler · August 8, 2017 2:12 pm

Economists had expected job growth to slow to below 180,000, after a stronger month in June. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

US adds 209,000 new jobs in July, unemployment ticks down to 4.3 percent

Joseph Lawler · August 4, 2017 12:31 pm

As the latest jobs report comes out Friday, the five fastest-growing sectors in the 12 months prior have been: temporary help, professional and technical services, construction, education and healthcare. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jobless claims drop to 240,000 to maintain hottest streak in 43 years

Joseph Lawler · August 3, 2017 12:31 pm