Unemployment

A gauge known as the labor force participation rate measures the proportion of working-age adults who either have a job or are looking for one. This rate fell to 63.2 percent last year, its lowest level point since 1978, according to the Labor Department. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Economy

Fewer Americans in the workforce

January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Monday delayed a key procedural vote on legislation to extend unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans as Democrats and Republicans continued negotiations on a bipartisan accord.

Politics

Harry Reid puts off vote on jobless benefits, negotiations with GOP continue

David M. Drucker -

January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said in exchange for extending unemployment benefits, he wants to pay for them and include Republican-approved provisions aimed at increasing jobs. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Politics

Critical votes on federal spending, jobless pay this week in Congress

Susan Ferrechio -

January 13, 2014 5:00 am

In this Jan. 10, 2014, photo, Stan Osnowitz, an electrician with 43 years of experience, displays tools from his work bag in his apartment in Baltimore. He has been unemployed since the end of June 2013 and lost his state unemployment benefits of $430 a week in December, but he keeps his work equipment packed and ready to go at a moment's notice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Loss of jobless aid leaves many with bleak options

JOSH BOAKSAM HANANEL -

January 12, 2014 6:47 pm

Economy

Obama vows ‘year of action’ on economy

Jeremy Barr -

January 11, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 file photo, 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. The labor Department issues the December jobs report, the last one for 2103, on January 10. 2014. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, FIle)

Economy

Surprisingly weak jobs report puzzles economists

Christopher Rugaber -

January 10, 2014 10:12 pm

Sessions: ‘For Every One Job Added, Nearly 5 People Left the Workforce’

Daniel Halper -

January 10, 2014 4:28 pm

Economy

6.7 Percent

Daniel Halper -

January 10, 2014 1:31 pm

Experts are split on what impact extending unemployment benefits would have on the number of unemployed. (AP File)

Columnists

Obama, Pelosi and liberal economic mythology on unemployment benefits

David Limbaugh -

January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Job growth ‘nowhere near robust enough,’ AFL-CIO says

Sean Higgins -

January 10, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Unemployment

Fewer Americans in the workforce

Harry Reid puts off vote on jobless benefits, negotiations with GOP continue

Critical votes on federal spending, jobless pay this week in Congress

Loss of jobless aid leaves many with bleak options

Obama vows ‘year of action’ on economy

Surprisingly weak jobs report puzzles economists

Sessions: ‘For Every One Job Added, Nearly 5 People Left the Workforce’

6.7 Percent

Obama, Pelosi and liberal economic mythology on unemployment benefits

Job growth ‘nowhere near robust enough,’ AFL-CIO says

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