Tag: Unemployment

Washington Secrets

Republicans, even John Boehner, face voter backlash over unemployment cutoff

Paul Bedard · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

Washington Secrets

Zogby Report Card: NSA court slap offset by US Olympic value play on gays

Paul Bedard · December 21, 2013 5:00 am

In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Duane Stubbs, right, of Morrow, Ga., shakes hands with retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Leland Smith, CEO of SolidHires, during a job fair for veterans at the VFW Post 2681, in Marietta, Ga. Unemployment rates fell or were unchanged in all 50 U.S. states in November, evidence that hiring is improving across the country. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Unemployment rates fall in nearly all US states

Christopher Rugaber · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

"Unemployment will continue to go down," International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde said in an interview recorded for "Meet the Press." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Christine Lagarde: US economy weaker than what official unemployment rate shows

Joel Gehrke · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, joined by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., talks to reporters about an unemployment insurance extension measure, at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats look to refocus Congress on jobs and wages in New Year

Susan Ferrechio · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama speaks during his year-end news conference in the Brady Press Room at the White House in Washington on Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama criticizes Congress for leaving Washington without extending unemployment benefits

Joseph Lawler · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

The Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said Thursday that unemployment insurance taxes will be cut by an average of 35 percent next year. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Hawaii unemployment insurance taxes to drop

Washington Examiner · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 379,000, the highest since March. The increase may reflect volatility around the Thanksgiving holidays. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Weekly US jobless claims hit 9-month high of 379,000

Christopher Rugaber · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

The Federal Reserve, led by Chairman Ben Bernanke, began winding down its unprecedented efforts to stimulate the economy through quantitative easing Wednesday, capping months of speculation about the timing of the "taper" of its open-ended monthly bond purchases.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Federal Reserve scales back quantitative easing program by $10 billion

Joseph Lawler · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Amid healing labor market, long-term unemployment still dire

Washington Examiner · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks to the media before meeting with newly elected mayors from across the country, on Friday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: Mayors need extension of jobless benefits, minimum-wage hike

Brian Hughes · December 13, 2013 5:00 am

In November, 67.8 million women were working in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, just 122,000 fewer than at the peak of the expansion, which officially tipped into recession in December 2007. Women are likely to make up that gap in the next few months. (File photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Jobs recovery going better for women

Joseph Lawler · December 13, 2013 5:00 am