Tag: Unemployment

Unemployment rates fall in 31 US states last month

Christopher Rugaber · October 21, 2014 4:55 pm

More have jobs in La., but jobless rate rises

More have jobs in La., but jobless rate rises

Jeff Amy · October 21, 2014 4:50 pm

Miss. payrolls rise and unemployment rate falls

Miss. payrolls rise and unemployment rate falls

Jeff Amy · October 21, 2014 3:01 pm

SC jobless rate up to 6.6 percent in September

SC jobless rate up to 6.6 percent in September

Meg Kinnard · October 21, 2014 2:48 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2014 file photo, Freddy Jerez, of Hollywood, Fla., fills out a job application during a job fair in Sunrise. Fla. A quarterly survey by the National Association for Business Economics released Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 found that only 24 percent of companies increased wages and salaries in the July-September quarter. That's down from 43 percent in the April-June quarter and the first drop after three straight increases. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Survey: Pay raises rarer despite strong US hiring

Christopher Rugaber · October 20, 2014 1:38 pm

President Obama is having a hard time convincing many Americans that the economy is improving. (Getty images/Andrew Harrer-Pool)

There’s no sugar-coating Obama’s economy

Washington Examiner · October 17, 2014 9:00 am

FILE - In this July 21, 2011 photo, Sonya Mosey from Altoona, Pa. fills out an employment application for Gillece Services at the Pittsburgh Career Fair, in Pittsburgh. The U.S. Labor Department on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits for the week ending Oct. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

US jobless aid applications fall to 14-year low

Christopher Rugaber · October 16, 2014 2:03 pm

Jobless claims fall to lowest level since 2000

Jobless claims fall to lowest level since 2000

Joseph Lawler · October 16, 2014 1:29 pm

Michigan unemployment rate drops to 7.2 percent

Michigan unemployment rate drops to 7.2 percent

Washington Examiner · October 15, 2014 7:23 pm

President Obama speaking at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park, on Friday in San Dimas, Calif. In his weekly address Saturday,Â Obama pressed Congress to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, saying that doing so would help millions of Americans rise above poverty and spur economic growth.Â (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama: ‘Could you live on $14,500 a year?’

Sean Lengell · October 11, 2014 4:36 pm

Washington Secrets

Zogby Report Card: Ebola, Islamic State, lower pay drag Obama down

Paul Bedard · October 11, 2014 9:00 am

Wary candidates fear boomerangs in jobless debate

CHARLES BABINGTONBILL BARROW · October 10, 2014 8:12 am