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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, before the Senate Banking Committee, to deliver the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress. Yellen noted that some recent economic data have pointed to weaker-than-expected gains in consumer spending and job growth. She said the Fed will be watching to see whether the slowdown proves only a temporary blip caused by severe winter weather. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Janet Yellen: Federal Reserve could pause the taper if slowing growth is more than bad weather

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Sen. Rob Portman is blaming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the holdup in extending unemployment benefits for millions of longterm jobless Americans . (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Economy

Rob Portman blames Harry Reid for impasse on unemployment benefits

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Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami, on Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, FIle)
Columnists

Minimum wage supporters mischaracterize its effects

Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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Gov’t Report: Food Stamps Participation at Historic High, Even as Unemployment Rate Falls
Economy

Gov’t Report: Food Stamps Participation at Historic High, Even as Unemployment Rate Falls

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Job seekers arrive to meet prospective employers during a career fair at a hotel in Dallas. (AP/LM Otero)
Economy

US applications for jobless benefits drop to 336k

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Some liberals are willing to shrug at the current state of the economy, seeing it as a sign of America's decline. (AP File)
Columnists

We must reject liberalism’s economic death sentence on America

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In his weekly address last Saturday, President Obama described his proposal to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour in language suggesting this would not be a tax increase. (AP Photo)
Columnists

Minimum wage hike attacks young and industrious

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In his weekly address last Saturday, President Obama described his proposal to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour in language suggesting this would not be a tax increase. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

Three ways that the CBO contradicts Obama on minimum wage

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Daily life a struggle for long-term jobless
Economy

Daily life a struggle for long-term jobless

John Oravecz -
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Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016 would increase wages for 16.5 million workers but lead to a loss of about 500,000 jobs, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office released Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo)
Economy

CBO: $10.10 minimum wage would lower employment by 500k, raise incomes for 16.5 million

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