Economic Recover

Job Seekers Exceed Openings By Record Ratio: 6:1

New York Times | PETER S. GOODMAN | Posted 11.26.2009 | Home


Job seekers now outnumber openings six to one, the worst ratio since the government began tracking open positions in 2000. According to the Labor Depa...

Sam Stein

Geithner: The "Crude Reality" Is Unemployment Could Rise As Economy Starts Recovering

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics


President Obama's Treasury Secretary and senior adviser both cautioned on Sunday that while the economy was making strides towards a recovery, unemplo...

Sam Stein

Obama Stimulus: More Than $600 Billion In Next 18 Months

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics


Aides to Barack Obama said the president is likely to spend more than $600 billion in stimulus cash in the next year and a half alone. The president'...