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U.S. Department of Labor's employment situation report came and went, with the numbers almost dead on with estimates.
Based on recent government numbers, 9.6% of black Americans and 18.5% of people 16 to 19 years old were unemployed.
As U.S. unemployment falls toward 5% and the economy adds close to 200,000 jobs a month, the recovery remains extremely uneven, with two states at or above 7%.
In May, initial weekly jobless claims bottomed out at 266,500. Not only is this the lowest number since the recession, it is the lowest number since April 2000.
ThinkstockThe Labor Department data which show that wages and benefits only grew .2% in the June quarter, served as a reminder of the struggle Americans have to make to simply keep pace with the cost...
The U.S. Labor Department has released a solid weekly jobless claims report for the week ending July 18.
ThinkstockThe national unemployment rate for June was 5.3%, essentially unchanged from May. And the lowest unemployment rate in the country was less than half that, 2.6% in Nebraska. No other state...
By 2020, as many as 800,000 minimum wage workers in the city of Los Angeles will be earning $15 an hour.
A coalition of 17 companies announced Monday morning a job creation program called the 100,000 Opportunities Alliance.
This past week brought an unusual rise in weekly jobless claims. It is very possible that the July 4 holiday week had an impact here.
The United States had more than 5 million job openings on the last business day of May, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
The ranks of the long-term unemployed were 2.1 million in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That stands at over a quarter of all unemployed people.
Unemployment rates in two American cities are closer to the jobless rate of Greece than that of the United States.
A new diversity report from Facebook shows that only 1% of its tech workers are black, but the company plans to bring balance to its workforce.
The U.S. economy has added enough workers since unemployment hit 10% at the depths of the recession that the national jobless rate has moved down to 5.5%. The recovery has been fairly even,...