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The U.S. Department of Labor released the weekly jobless claims for the past week as 290,000.
On Friday morning, the U.S. Department of Labor will release its Employment Situation report for the month of October.
Strong jobs data was seen on Wednesday morning from TrimTabs and from ADP.
On Friday morning, the U.S. Department of Labor will release the Employment Situation numbers for the month of October.
thinkstock.comThe Great Recession was hard on most of the country, but few areas were hit harder than the rust belt. Since the end of the recession, however, many of the region’s cities have...
ThinkstockThe U.S. federal poverty line has been determined using the same general framework since the mid-1960s. In that time, the official measure has come under criticism as an inadequate way to...
The U.S. Department of Labor has reported a rise in weekly jobless claims, but the four-week moving average still fell.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday morning.
ThinkstockIncome inequality has grown so severe in recent years that Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen described it as a source of great concern. In a speech earlier this month Yellen said,...
The U.S. Labor Department has reported its weekly jobless claims for the last week, and it was a surprisingly good economic report.
What is interesting about the employment trends of late is that weaker economic readings are prevailing, but not in jobs data.
The headline PPI reading was -0.1%, versus a consensus estimate for a gain of 0.1%.
Despite an ongoing economic recovery in the U.S., American households are still struggling. While last year the median household income rose to $52,250, Americans are still not as well off as they...
The U.S. Department of Labor released the weekly jobless claims, which are continuing to remain very low and come in under estimates. This ongoing decline in workers filing for jobless claims is a...
The U.S. Labor Department has released its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for the month of August.