Tag: Unemployment

"I would say, at this point, that fiscal policy is not obviously needed to provide stimulus to get us back to full employment," said Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fiscal stimulus no longer needed to boost employment, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2016 9:16 pm

Forecasters had expected new jobless claims to fall to 255,000. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Jobless claims fall back to 258,000 to start December

Joseph Lawler · December 8, 2016 1:32 pm

At just under 5.1 million, hiring is lower than it was a year ago and has been trending lower. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Hiring falls for third straight month

Joseph Lawler · December 7, 2016 3:48 pm

Friday's jobs report beat private-sector forecasts, which were for around 170,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

U.S. adds 178,000 jobs in November, unemployment drops to 4.6 percent

Joseph Lawler · December 2, 2016 1:32 pm

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Jobless claims jump to highest level since June

Joseph Lawler · December 1, 2016 1:32 pm

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

Jobless claims rise to 251,000, up from 43-year low

Joseph Lawler · November 23, 2016 1:31 pm

Government officials and investors watch the jobless claims numbers closely because they offer a frequently-updated gauge of labor market health. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Jobless claims plunge to lowest level since 1973

Joseph Lawler · November 17, 2016 1:32 pm

While the labor force participation rate has been rising, a research note concluded that increase is attributable to fewer people leaving the workforce and older workers delaying retirement, not because people who gave up on work during the recession are coming back. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Federal Reserve study: Low unemployment not helping discouraged workers

Joseph Lawler · November 14, 2016 9:17 pm

Friday's jobs report beat private-sector forecasts, which were for around 170,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Jobless claims drop to 254,000

Joseph Lawler · November 10, 2016 1:32 pm

Underemployment is at the lowest level of the recovery. It fell to 9.5 percent in October, the lowest rate since April 2008. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Four encouraging charts from Friday’s jobs report

Joseph Lawler · November 4, 2016 3:14 pm

Friday's jobs report fell short of the expectations of private-sector forecasters, which were for 178,000 new jobs. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Slight October jobs miss: Economy adds 161,000 new jobs, unemployment at 4.9 percent

Joseph Lawler · November 4, 2016 12:31 pm

Sanders: Real unemployment still too high

Sanders: Real unemployment still too high

Becket Adams · November 3, 2016 9:14 pm