Tag: Unemployment

A worker cleans the sidewalk in Cleveland. The Labor Department releases its job openings and labor turnover survey for July on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Job openings soar to 5.75 million in July

Joseph Lawler · September 9, 2015 2:06 pm

The U.S. government issues the August jobs report on Friday. (Dave Kettering/Telegraph Herald via AP)Â

Alternate math puts unemployment at 10.3 percent

Sean Higgins · September 4, 2015 3:39 pm

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Mixed jobs report muddles Fed’s rate hike decision

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2015 2:15 pm

With the Federal Reserve edging into the spotlight, the Friday jobs report could trigger changes in Americans' financial lives. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Full-time jobs at an all-time high, 173,000 payroll jobs added in August

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2015 12:33 pm

In this photo taken June 10, 2015, Luis Duran fills out a job application during a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims rise to 282,000

Joseph Lawler · September 3, 2015 12:34 pm

Job seekers get information at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims rise to 277,000, but still low

Joseph Lawler · August 20, 2015 12:32 pm

Job growth has weakened in the past two months, with two straight job reports falling short of expectations and raising doubts about the strength of the economy.Â (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Nearly all new ‘good jobs’ are going to college grads

Joseph Lawler · August 17, 2015 4:06 pm

Job growth has weakened in the past two months, with two straight job reports falling short of expectations and raising doubts about the strength of the economy.Â (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Average of jobless claims falls to four-decade low

Joseph Lawler · August 13, 2015 12:36 pm

The Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for June on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Job openings fall from record highs

Joseph Lawler · August 12, 2015 2:29 pm

Under Obama, all job gains among women have gone to foreign-born females. AP Photo

Jobs shock: 100% of female employment gains taken by foreigners since 2007

Paul Bedard · August 7, 2015 6:40 pm

The Labor Department releases employment data for July on Friday. (Deborah Cannon/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Economy adds 215,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent

Sean Higgins · August 7, 2015 12:50 pm

Global stock markets were muted Thursday, as jitters about upcoming U.S. jobs data kept buying appetite in check. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Jobless claims beat expectations at 270,000

Joseph Lawler · August 6, 2015 12:34 pm