Unemployment Rate

Punishing Workers Who Must Work Part-Time

Beth Shulman | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Unemployment Rate, Working Mothers, Work, Job Layoffs, Working Women, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Business News
Beth Shulman

As the economy worsens, more and more workers will have to take part-time jobs, exposing the urgent need to reform these positions.

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The Help Americans Deserve

Rep. Joe Baca | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Latinos, Education, Congress, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Disparity, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Politics News
Rep. Joe Baca

As grim statics come out that show our nation's unemployment rates have surged to 5.5 percent, Republicans have again tried to block assistance to the families that urgently need it the most.

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Biggest jobless jump since '86 _ Wall Street sinks

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rate Jumps, Unemployment Rate, National Unemployment Rate, May Unemployment Rate, US Economy, US Job Market, Business News

WASHINGTON — Pink slips piled up and jobs disappeared into thin air in May as the nation's unemployment rate zoomed to 5.5 percent in the bigges...

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The Dummies' Guide to Stupid Leaders and Misleading Numbers

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Ben Bernanke, Economy, Bush, George Bush Recession, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Business News
Allison Kilkenny

Hopefully, citizens won't buy into the ridiculous belief that 20,000 lost jobs is a good thing -- a sunny turnaround -- a surge, if you will. The economy, like the war, is toast.

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Why Job Market Is Even Worse Than You Think

CNNMoney | Chris Isidore | Posted 02.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Unemployed, Unemployment, US Economy, Unemployment Rate, Job Market, Employment, Business News

A government report on January jobs showing that employers trimmed payrolls for the first time in four years set off alarm bells. But the report, whi...

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U.S. Economy Sheds 17,000 Jobs

New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 02.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Recession Fears, Recession, U.S. Economy, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Job Cuts, Jobs, Business News

The economy lost 17,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department reported on Friday, the first decline in four years and the most striking evidence yet t...

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Odds For Recession Increase

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 01.13.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Goldman Sachs, Recession, Recession Watch, Unemployment Rate, Business News

The unemployment rate leaps to a two-year high, record numbers of people are forced from their homes and Wall Street nose-dives again. Such is the fal...

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Wall Street Declines After Weak Jobs Report

AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 01.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Jobs Report, Dow Jones, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Report, Stocks, Labor Department, Business News

Wall Street plunged again Friday after the government's much-anticipated employment report showed weaker-than-expected job growth and a rise in the u...

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