Tag: Unemployment

The number of laid-off U.S. workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time declined last week to its lowest level since early November, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.Â (AP/Branden Camp)

Initial jobless claims figures fall

Susan Crabtree · December 24, 2014 4:43 pm

Artwork saying "welfare." (iStock Photo)

Welfare-to-work programs might not be increasing employment among the poor

Sarah Bedford · December 23, 2014 8:44 pm

Liberals are turning out in droves to vote for their favorite policies on the "Big Ideas Project." (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Why the ‘Big Ideas’ of Democrats’ Warren Wing are flawed

Jason Russell · December 23, 2014 5:51 pm

Economic adviser Jason Furman drew attention to a number of key metrics that have risen over the year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House touts economic gains in 2014

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2014 5:31 pm

Even though the unemployed have more free time, they are not using it to exercise vigorously. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Study: Long-term unemployment makes you fatter

Jason Russell · December 15, 2014 10:25 pm

First-time claims for unemployment benefits ticked down to 294,000 for the week ending Dec. 6, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. (iStock Photo)

Jobless claims tick down to 294,000

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2014 1:47 pm

Low labor force participation rate continues to plague the economy

Beltway Confidential

Low labor force participation rate continues to plague the economy

Jason Russell · December 7, 2014 12:00 pm

In his weekly presidential report card, pollster John Zogby finds that President Obama has now strung together two good weeks, which is saying something.

Washington Secrets

Zogby Report Card: Obama steps up, displays crisis leadership

Paul Bedard · December 6, 2014 10:00 am

Unemployment duration, wage growth still need improvement

Beltway Confidential

Unemployment duration, wage growth still need improvement

Jason Russell · December 5, 2014 7:31 pm

President Barack Obama talks about the economy before announcing that Ashton Carter is his nominee for defense secretary, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The president said the November jobs numbers show the American economy is "making real progress." The government reported Friday that employers added 321,000 jobs in November. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama touts economy, asks Congress to avoid ‘self-inflicted wounds’

Joseph Lawler · December 5, 2014 5:38 pm

The U.S. has added more jobs in 2014 than in any year since the dotcom bubble year of 1999.(iStock Photo)

US creates more jobs in 2014 than any year since 1999

Joseph Lawler · December 5, 2014 2:28 pm

Jobless claims fall to 297,000

Jobless claims fall to 297,000

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2014 1:56 pm