According to today's BLS report (Table A-1, Household Data), the April unemployment rate for men was 10% vs. 7.6% for women, and the 2.4% male-female ...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Evidence is piling up that the worst part of the recession has ended. But that doesn't mean the pain is over. A better-than-expect...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.07.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — New applications for jobless benefits plunged to the lowest level in 14 weeks, a possible sign that the massive wave of layoffs has...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates rose in all of the nation's largest metropolitan areas for the third straight month in March, with Indiana's Elkhart...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.24.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Worse-than-expected news on unemployment and home sales Thursday dampened optimism that a broad economic recovery might be near. M...
Wall Street Journal | STU WOO and SUDEEP REDDY | Posted 05.19.2009 | Business
California and North Carolina in March posted their highest jobless rates in at least three decades, as unemployment increased in all but a handful of...
Wall Street Journal | STU WOO and SUDEEP REDDY | Posted 05.18.2009 | Business
California and North Carolina in March posted their highest jobless rates in at least three decades, as unemployment increased in all but a handful of...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.17.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Housing construction unexpectedly plunged, the number of people receiving jobless benefits grew and JPMorgan Chase & Co. said its f...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — New jobless claims fell more than expected last week but are stuck at elevated levels, while the number of people continuing to rec...
Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business
The massive rise in unemployment rates will facilitate further demand destruction, which in turn will lead to further job losses, as a vicious self-perpetuating engine of economic destruction runs amok.
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Double-digit unemployment rates hit more states in February, with North Carolina and Rhode Island seeing their rates hit record hig...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off Americans filing initial jobless benefit claims rose slightly last week while the number of people continuin...
Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business
Should I throw caution to the wind and risk $1.80 on egg carton futures? Any investors out there want to join me?
LA Times | Marc Lifsher | Posted 04.21.2009 | Business
California employers led the nation in mass layoffs in February as the state's unemployment rate hit 10.5%, the highest level since April 1983, state ...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 04.11.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — A growing number of states suffered double-digit unemployment rates in January, and others are close behind, buttressing fears that...
Cheryle Jackson | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago
Though Obama's plan feels right on the surface, for me it raises two questions: "Which Main Streets?" and "Who gets those jobs?"
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — New jobless claims fell more than expected last week from a 16-year high, the government said Wednesday, though they remain at elev...
AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators will guarantee as much as $1.4 trillion in U.S. banks' debt in a bid to get the distressed financial system pump...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The nation's unemployment rate bolted to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent in October as another 240,000 jobs were cut, far worse than ...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.23.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Unemployment claims, already well into recession territory, are rising even faster than expected, leading economists to warn Thursd...
Clusterstock | Posted 11.10.2008 | Green
Thought you might like to think about something completely unrelated to the market carnage... If you've followed the Presidential campaign at all, no ...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — New applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week from a seven-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, though the...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to their highest level in seven years due to the impact of a slowing economy ...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — New applications for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week, largely due to Hurricane Gustav, the government said Thursd...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 10.06.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The nation's unemployment rate bolted above the psychologically important 6 percent level last month for the first time in five yea...
CARPE DIEM: | Mark J. Perry | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business