Tag: Unemployment

The Labor Department releases the employment cost index for the second quarter of 2015, a measure of wage and benefit growth, on Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Pay growth disappoints in second quarter

Joseph Lawler · July 31, 2015 12:38 pm

Zogby report card: No Drama Obama holds all the cards

Paul Bedard · July 25, 2015 5:00 am

The report showed that for the week ending July 18, there were just 255,000 first-time claims for unemployment benefits throughout the 50 states.Â (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Jobless claims hint at a job market on fire

Joseph Lawler · July 24, 2015 4:01 am

The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending July 18 on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Jobless claims lowest since 1973 at 255,000

Joseph Lawler · July 23, 2015 12:32 pm

Job seekers attend a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits for the week ending July 11 on Thursday, July 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims fall to 281,000

Joseph Lawler · July 16, 2015 12:35 pm

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, stands with council members after signing into law an ordinance that will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

L.A. mayor hopes others do not adopt $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · July 16, 2015 4:01 am

New York State Trooper Maxine Mendez, left, speaks to Xiaojiao Zuo, of Queens, about employment opportunities during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Hiring Our Heroes jobs expo at Citi Field in New York. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims data on Thursday, July 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Jobless claims rise to 297,000

Joseph Lawler · July 9, 2015 12:36 pm

Sanders: May be too late to save U.S. from billionaires

Sanders: May be too late to save U.S. from billionaires

Joseph Lawler · July 8, 2015 4:01 am

The Labor Department issues its May report on job openings and labor turnover on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Job openings at 5.4 million in May; record high

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2015 2:34 pm

Zogby report card: Back-to-back good weeks, but Greece threatens

Paul Bedard · July 4, 2015 11:00 am

Reasons for Cheer and Fear on the Fourth

Irwin M. Stelzer · July 4, 2015 3:01 am

Wage growth disappoints in June

Wage growth disappoints in June

Joseph Lawler · July 2, 2015 1:43 pm