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Employment Report

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:18:31 +0000

The BLS just wished the Obama administration a very merry Christmas with a very encouraging employment report. It was still a report that things are worsening at a lesser rate as far as employment was concerned, but other employment reports were positive. The unemployment rate fell to 10.0% as ...

Economist's View found this 31 hours ago on angrybear.blogspot.com

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Employment News Still Bad, But Better than Expected

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:18:31 +0000

The BLS says: "nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-11,000)..."

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Employment Report: 11K Jobs Lost, 10% Unemployment Rate

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:18:31 +0000

From the BLS : The unemployment rate edged down to 10.0 percent in November, and nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-11,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Click on graph for larger image. This graph shows the unemployment rate and the year over year ...

Economist's View found this 31 hours ago on calculatedriskblog.com

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Seasonal Retail Hiring, Employment-Population Ratio, Part Time Workers

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:18:31 +0000

Here are a few more graphs based on the employment report ... Seasonal Retail Hiring Retailers are hiring seasonal workers at slightly above the pace of last year ... Typically retail companies start hiring for the holiday season in October, and really increase hiring in November. Here is a ...

Economist's View found this 31 hours ago on calculatedriskblog.com

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The Oxen Report: Employment Roundup to Direct Market on Friday

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 06:36:08 +0000

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Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output as of September 2009

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:05:27 +0000

Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), also known as the economic stimulus package, certain recipients of funds appropriated in ARRA (most grant recipients, contractors, and subcontractors) are required to report the number of jobs they have created or retained with ...

Cato @ Liberty found this 46 hours ago on cboblog.cbo.gov

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Capitol Idea: It's The Jobs, Stupid

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:41:40 +0000

If Obama focuses much more heavily on job-creation, he, too will do well while doing good. Democrats fret openly about going into the 2010 election saddled by such a bad economy. Then there is the little matter of Obama's own re-election two years later.

MediaMan posted 2 days ago from onthehillblog.blogspot.com

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What Types of Employment Policies Should be Discussed at the Jobs Forum?

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:03:26 +0000

Unemployment currently stands at 10.2 percent, and the outlook for employment is poor unless labor markets are given some type of boost. To explore the opportunities to provide the needed boost, the administration is holding a jobs forum to talk about “every possible avenue for job creation.” ...

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How to Increase Employment- Becker

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:19:00 +0000

During this "Great Recession", unemployment has risen from under 5% at the beginning of the recession in December of 2007 to more than double that rate to reach its highest level so far in October of 10.2%. This is the second highest unemployment rate in the postwar period, surpassed only by ...

Greg Mankiw's Blog found this 5 days ago on becker-posner-blog.com

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CBO's Assessment of ARRA's Impact on Q3 Output and Employment

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:58:25 +0000

From CBO's just released Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output as of September 2009 : ...Economic output and employment in the spring and summer of 2009 were lower than CBO had projected at the beginning of the year. But in CBO's ...

J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight ... found this 4 days ago on econbrowser.com

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