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Mark Gongloff

Why Wall Street Is To Blame For The Lousy Job Market

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 06.11.2013 | Business

Having a hard time finding a decent-paying job? Thank Wall Street. In a New York Times column on Tuesday, Bruce Bartlett, former economic advisor t...

Mark Gongloff

Job Growth To Get Even More Depressing In The Future

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 06.07.2013 | Business

We are at a place where 175,000 new jobs per month is widely considered "good" job growth. According to a new Fed study, it won't be very long before ...

WATCH: How Racism Shapes The Labor Market

Posted 06.05.2013 | Black Voices

Diversity fatigue is one of the terms used to describe Corporate America's failure to hire and promote minorities in recent years. It's a phenomenon t...

Mark Gongloff

The Chart That Shows Hiring Is Clearly Dead In The Water

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.07.2013 | Business

If it wasn't clear before, it's clear now: Employers just aren't hiring. The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday released its latest Job Openings...

Working Families Flexibility Act: Not Good for Working Parents and Bad for the Economy

Eileen Appelbaum | Posted 06.16.2013 | Business
Eileen Appelbaum

Parents need the flexibility to take a child who suddenly develops a high fever to the doctor or to attend a meeting with their child's teacher. The comp time bill House Republican introduced last Thursday does not address these needs at all.

World Shares Hit 5-Year High

Reuters | Marc Jones | Posted 05.08.2013 | Business

* European shares rise further, MSCI world index hits 4-3/4 yr high * U.S. jobs data eyed, China exports beat forecasts * Dollar touches 3-...

Raising the Minimum Wage: The Debate Begins... Again

Jared Bernstein | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics
Jared Bernstein

Those who want to tout their preference for the EITC to lift the pay of low earners must explicitly call for an increase. In doing so, they are calling for more redistribution from taxpayers to low-income workers. I'm fine with that, but is the oped page of the WSJ?

Family Unity Must Be Part of the Immigration Debate

National Council of La Raza | Posted 04.10.2013 | Latino Voices
National Council of La Raza

America will be stronger with immigration laws that focus on both allowing Americans to reunite with their closest family members and allowing employers to bring in the skilled workers that they need.

More Good News For The Job Market

AP | By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.19.2013 | Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid plummeted to a five-year low last week, a hopeful sign the job market may be impr...

Jobs as a Gateway to Prosperity

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 12.10.2012 | World
Otaviano Canuto

Jobs are much more than a scorecard of an economy's macroeconomic heart beat. They are a vehicle for poverty reduction.

Rome's Colosseum SHUT DOWN

Reuters | Posted 11.28.2012 | Business

* Thousands of public sector workers march through capital * Colosseum, Roman Forum closed, traffic snarled * Strike coi...

We Have A Long Way To Go In The Government Jobs Recovery

Reuters | Posted 11.24.2012 | Business

Sept 24 (Reuters) - U.S. state and local government employment won't return to its pre-recession peak until early 2017, following widespread public ...

Why The Jobs Crisis Is Worse Than We Think

Reuters | Posted 11.23.2012 | Business

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - When Daniel McCune graduated from college three years ago, he was optimistic his goo...

Looking For A Job? Got No Experience? It May Not Matter

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.16.2012 | Business

Here's some maybe-good news for job seekers: it seems like a lot of people are managing to switch careers these days. More than half of all job ope...

Three Years Into Recovery, A Huge Majority Of States Haven't Recovered

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.21.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON -- Three years since the recession ended, 43 states have yet to regain the jobs they lost in the downturn. The figure is a reminder of how ...

America Has a Class Problem

Peter Edelman | Posted 09.15.2012 | Politics
Peter Edelman

Gerson calls for improved educational opportunities beginning with early child development, and that's all good. But markets have two dimensions: supply and demand. We certainly need to improve the quality of the supply and do that inclusively across the population.

Yep, Research Confirms It: Bosses Love To Take Advantage Of Workers

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 07.06.2012 | Business

Pro-tip for all you bosses out there: It's easier to take advantage of your employees when they don't realize quite how much you're benefiting from th...

Fed's Number Two Hints At More Stimulus

Reuters | Posted 08.06.2012 | Business

By Ros Krasny BOSTON, June 6 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's second-highest official on Wednesday laid out the case ...

UN Agency: 'Austerity Has Not Produced More Economic Growth'

Reuters | Posted 06.29.2012 | Business

* U.N. agency blames austerity, tough reforms for crisis * Says employment not back to pre-crisis levels til 2016 * Esti...

Why The Jobs Recovery May Not Be A Slam Dunk

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 06.19.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits suggests hiring is slowing. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly...

The Real Reason Unemployment Could Start Falling: Fortune

Fortune | NIN-HAI TSENG | Posted 03.11.2012 | Business

FORTUNE – In a sign that the economic recovery may be gaining steam, the U.S. added 227,000 net jobs in February -- the third consecutive month wher...

Lila Shapiro

Unemployment Report: Missing Workers Mount Comeback

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 03.09.2012 | Business

NEW YORK -- After a year without so much as looking at a job application, Lillian Acevedo once again can be counted as a member of the U.S. labor forc...

Small Business Borrowing Jumps

Reuters | Posted 03.01.2012 | Small Business

(By Ann Saphir - Reuters) - Borrowing by U.S. small businesses rose in January, another sign that recent stronger economic data may be more durable th...

A Big Reason To Stay In School

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.21.2012 | Business

You know the old advice about staying in school so you can get a job? It's more true now than ever. More than half of the high school dropouts in A...

Bonnie Kavoussi

Want To Fix The Economy? Quit Your Job

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.14.2012 | Business

Feel stuck in your job? You probably are. While unemployment is dropping, the job market needs more "churn," or job-to-job moves, to truly reco...