Bureau of Labor Statistics

How Many People are Unemployed? No One Knows

Zachary Karabell | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business


Zachary Karabell

Our desire for certainty and reference points about the unemployment rate has turned these vague and loose statistics into Holy Grails of certainty. They aren't.

Today's Market Crisis: "This Too Will Pass"

Vince Farrell | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business


Vince Farrell

George Soros says this is the worst market crisis in 60 years. With respect, I think that's more a political statement than not.

The Best (And Best-Paying) Jobs For 2008

Portfolio Via MSNBC | Chris Dannen | Posted 02.24.2008 | Business


If you're job hunting in the professional or service-oriented fields, we have good news. Of the ten categories into which the Bureau of Labor Statisti...

The Gas Grinch That Stole Thanksgiving

Dan Weiss | Posted 11.19.2007 | Business


Dan Weiss

Higher gas prices could very well persist and even rise, meaning that families may continue to spend a greater portion of their income on gasoline than they originally anticipated this holiday season.

Divergence, Of Course

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 10.05.2007 | Business


Max Fraad Wolff

It does not look so great for America. What Wall Street has been betting is that leading US transnational firms have successfully de-linked their wagons from the US economy.