Tag: Unemployment

Jobless claims have been running very low in recent months, raising expectations for job growth. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

March jobs disappoint at 98,000, but unemployment drops to 4.5 percent

Joseph Lawler · April 7, 2017 12:31 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected claims to decline slightly after being driven higher the past two weeks by big snowstorms on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jobless claims drop to 234,000, second-lowest in decades

Joseph Lawler · April 6, 2017 12:31 pm

A Washington Post story said: "One lawmaker is citing a godly reference to justify changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Tex.) recently quoted the New Testament to question the strength of current work requirements."

Beltway Confidential

Washington Post publishes misleading headline regarding GOP lawmakers and the Bible

Becket Adams · March 31, 2017 4:14 pm

Jobless claims have been running very low in recent months, raising expectations for job growth. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Jobless claims rise to 258,000, highest of Trump presidency

Joseph Lawler · March 23, 2017 12:31 pm

Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, wrote that "we are still coming up short on our inflation target." (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Fed official explains his lone vote against raising rates

Joseph Lawler · March 17, 2017 2:30 pm

The president said BLS' 4.7 percent unemployment rate is not accurate. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump won’t ‘take a bow’ for ‘phony’ unemployment numbers

Anna Giaritelli · March 17, 2017 1:37 am

Over the past three months, the U.S. economy has created an average of 176,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

More workers quitting — a good sign for the economy

Joseph Lawler · March 16, 2017 3:08 pm

Forecasters had expected 240,000 new jobless claims, which are adjusted for seasonal variations. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims inch down to 241,000

Joseph Lawler · March 16, 2017 12:31 pm

The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would repeal an Obama administration rule that limits the ability of states to prevent drug users from receiving unemployment benefits. (Michael Bryant /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Congress passes legislation to undo Obama restrictions on drug tests for unemployed

Daniel Chaitin · March 14, 2017 10:16 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected jobless claims to bounce back up to a still very low 238,000. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Jobless claims edge up from four-decade low to 243,000

Joseph Lawler · March 9, 2017 1:31 pm

This Dec. 17, 2016 photo shows a Donald Trump campaign sign along a highway near Los Banos, Calif. A California farmer says Donald Trump's campaign vow to deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally pushed him into buying more equipment, cutting the number of workers he'll need during the next harvest. Others in California's farming industry say Trump's tough campaign talk targeting immigrants in the country illegally, including a vast number of farmworkers, spurred them into action, too. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

Washington Secrets

Study: E-Verify works, legal employment up in states

Paul Bedard · March 3, 2017 2:52 pm

New applications for unemployment benefits fell to 223,000 for the week, well below investors' expectations for 245,000. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Jobless claims plunge to lowest level since 1973

Joseph Lawler · March 2, 2017 1:35 pm