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Tag: Bureau Of Labor Statistics
Keoni Cabral (CC BY 2.0)
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The U.S. economy appears to have added just enough jobs in April to keep pace with population growth, and the new positions are low wage and mostly nonunion.
Posted on May 3, 2013
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Carl Loven (CC BY 2.0)
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Despite the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report that U.S. unemployment fell to 7.7 percent in February, the real jobless rate stands at 23 percent.
Posted on Mar 14, 2013
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Flickr / edEx
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By Robert Reich — We are in the most anemic recovery in modern history, yet our political leaders in Washington aren’t doing squat about it.
Posted on Feb 1, 2013
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Joe Crimmings Photography (CC BY-ND 2.0)
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Fresh research has convinced scholars that even with progress in education, the black jobless rate in the United States remains twice that of whites because whites are typically better connected to people who can make introductions and are more likely to hear about job opportunities.
Posted on Dec 15, 2012
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Flickr/edEx
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The nation’s jobless rate ticked up in October, even as employers added 171,000 workers to their payrolls, according to the latest jobs report—the last one before Election Day.
Posted on Nov 2, 2012
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By Robert Reich — In truth, no one should vote based on this batch of jobs numbers because a single month’s report isn’t a reliable gauge of which way the economy is heading.
Posted on Nov 1, 2012
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Flickr/ Mr. Lobo
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The New York Times columnist takes on the conspiracy theorists—former General Electric Chairman Jack Welch (pictured) among them—who cried foul after the jobs report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the unemployment rate dropped below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years.
Posted on Oct 8, 2012
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Loozrboy (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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A drop in the nation’s jobless rate gives President Obama an occasion to speak grandly about the prospect of America’s future under his leadership. But crucial information is missing.
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
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Flickr/Splic3
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The importance of a good night’s sleep cannot be understated. Research suggests that getting eight hours every night can make you happier, richer, smarter and hornier. But for many Americans, the problem with their sleep pattern is not that they’re getting too little, but that they are getting too much.
Posted on Sep 24, 2012
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Flickr / John McNab
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For the millions of Americans who have lost their livelihoods over the last few years and the millions more who have been unemployed since before the 2008 financial crisis, Labor Day will underscore the daily suffering. (more)
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Flickr / Mel R
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The official unemployment rate dropped from 9.2 to 9.1 percent last month as 117,000 new jobs were added to the American economy. The improvement in the rate, however, was almost entirely due to Americans giving up the search for work. (more)
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By Ruth Marcus — Indulge me, please, while I rant about my new least favorite word: shed. Not as in dog hair. As in jobs. As in, “The economy shed (fill in the blank) jobs last month.”
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