Tag: Unemployment

Forecasters in the private sector had expected jobless claims to drift down to around 255,000. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Jobless claims rose to 265,000 at the end of October

Joseph Lawler · November 3, 2016 12:31 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected jobless claims to drop back to 255,000. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Total unemployment benefit claims fall to lowest level since 2000

Joseph Lawler · October 27, 2016 12:31 pm

Janet Yellen is avoiding commenting on the presidential election or its implications for markets. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Yellen tries to take on the supply side

Joseph Lawler · October 26, 2016 4:01 am

Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen has expressed a desire to maintain lower interest rates for longer, even with the unemployment rate about as low as the Fed thinks it can go, to bring discouraged workers back into the job hunt and into positions. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Economy might need only 50,000 jobs per month, Fed bank finds

Joseph Lawler · October 24, 2016 9:24 pm

Kanockwa Horton, left, from Stone Mountain and Jacqueline Merritt, from Atlanta are first in line at the Airport Community Job Fair, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, in Atlanta. Hundreds of applicants were in line before the 10 a.m. opening. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Jobless claims rise more than expected to 260,000

Joseph Lawler · October 20, 2016 12:31 pm

Forecasters in the private sector had expected a modest uptick in the jobless claims to 254,000. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Jobless claims hit lowest level since 1973

Joseph Lawler · October 13, 2016 12:32 pm

There were just 1.3 jobless workers for every advertised job opening in November, the Department of Labor announced Tuesday, a level not seen before this year in 16 years. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Job creation at slowest pace since December

Joseph Lawler · October 12, 2016 2:40 pm

Forty-seven percent of men ages 25-54 say they take pain medication, and two-thirds of it is prescribed. (iStock Photo)

Study: Nearly half of working-age men out of labor force take daily pain meds

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 8:56 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)

Underemployment hasn’t improved since February

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 1:32 pm

The construction industry has essentially stopped adding jobs even as the rest of the economy has continued to generate jobs at a pace more than sufficient to keep the unemployment rate trending down. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Construction job creation has stalled since the spring

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 1:06 pm

September's job creation fell just short of expectations. Economists in the private sector had expected payroll job growth to rise to 168,000. (Sam VarnHagen/Ford Motor Co. via AP)

Job creation falls just short of expectations in September at 156,000, unemployment at 5 percent

Joseph Lawler · October 7, 2016 12:32 pm

Economists in the private sector had projected that jobless claims would rise just slightly to 256,000. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jobless claims plumb lowest levels since 1973 in good sign for US

Joseph Lawler · October 6, 2016 12:33 pm