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- Tax Tips for the New Jobless
- Exactly how much you can write-off for job-related expenses after you've been laid off depends on how you characterize yourself to the Internal Revenue Service. Here's how to grab all the employment deductions you can when you file your federal income tax return... Most days, being well-off is preferable...
- Articles 2009-03-05
- As Welfare Need Increases, States Strain to Cope
- Twenty-three of the 30 largest states report welfare caseloads that are higher than a year ago; 26 states overall have shown an increase. But states are struggling to keep up with the need. Cynthia Bowers reports.
- Videos 2009-06-22
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- U.S. Jobless Rate Surges to 10.2 Percent
- By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.The Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 190,000 jobs in October,...
- News items 2009-11-06
- U.S. Jobless Highest in More Than 26 Years
- By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.The Labour Department said on Friday that employers cut 190,000 jobs in...
- News items 2009-11-06
- Jobless Rate Surges to 10.2 Percent
- By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.The Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 190,000 jobs in October,...
- News items 2009-11-07
- U.S. Jobless Rate at 26 Year Record
- By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.The Labour Department said on Friday that employers cut 190,000 jobs in...
- News items 2009-11-07
- The Coming Jobless Recovery
- Now we are getting the clearest indication yet that we are headed for a jobless recovery. A total of 467,000 jobs were eliminated in June, bringing the jobless rate to 9.5 percent from 9.4 percent in May, according to the Labor Department. The jobless rate was the...
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Another Jobless Recovery, Part 2
- Click here to read Part 1. CalculatedRisk.com produces graphs that the eyes can see. They also make it easier to make my case for another Jobless Recovery. Poster LiBob said Jobless Recovery is a popular oxymoron in an economy which is based on consumption. Another individual explained the economists'...
- External links 2009-11-03
- We Never Even Got Close to 900,000 Jobless Claims
- Mark J. Perry submits: Jobless claims as a share of the labor force have fallen in each of the last seven months from the 0.422% peak in March, and dropped to 0.345% in October, the lowest level since last November see chart above. In contrast, jobless claims as...
- External links 2009-11-14
- Jobless Claims Highlight Seismic Challenges Facing U.S. Economy
- Kathy Lien submits: When the labor market is in trouble, the US economy is in trouble. Jobless claims rose 516k last week to the highest level since September 2001. The claims for unemployment benefits was only surpassed in the 2.5 weeks following 9/11. Extrapolating the jobless claims...
- External links 2008-11-13
- US jobless queues grow but economists see brighter prospects ahead
- WASHINGTON AFP ? A closely tracked weekly reading on US jobless claims showed jobless queues grew in the week ending January 3, but economists said it was a slight blip and that the job market shows signs of improvement. New jobless claims in the United States rose 14,000 to...
- Research articles 2004-01-08
- Initial jobless claims increase
- WASHINGTON Bloomberg -- More U.S. workers than expected applied for state unemployment benefits last week, as jobless claims reached their highest level in more than a month, government figures showed Thursday. First-time jobless claims rose by 20,000 to a seasonally adjusted 337,000 in the week ended Aug. 16,...
- Research articles 1997-08-22
- US jobless lines lengthen
- WASHINGTON AFP — US jobless lines lengthened by more than expected last week, as the number of unemployed people filing jobless claims rose unexpectedly by 9,000 to 312,000, the Labor Department said. The rise in new jobless claims was significantly higher than Wall Street had expected, as analysts had...
- Research articles 2005-02-24
- German jobless total back above four million
- FRANKFURT AFP — The German jobless total rose back above four million in December, after unemployment in the eurozone's biggest economy fell to a four-year low the previous month. The jobless total rose by 12,400 to 4.008 million in December in raw or unadjusted terms, the Federal Labour Agency in...
- Research articles 2007-01-03
- HedgeStreet Introduces Binaries on Initial Weekly Jobless Claims Report
- SAN MATEO, Calif. -- The HedgeStreet Exchange has launched binary contracts that allow traders to take positions on the U.S. Department of Labor's seasonally adjusted Initial Jobless Claims report, announced weekly. The Initial Jobless Claim binaries are listed for trading each week from the opening of HedgeStreet's markets at...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Jobless Claims Lowest in Four Years
- WASHINGTON, July 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) today made the following statement in response to the Labor Department's announcement of jobless claims report: "I am pleased with the Labor Department's report today that jobless claims continue to drop. This is the lowest level of jobless...
- Research articles 2004-07-08
- St. Charles County's jobless rate climbs considerably
- Recent massive layoffs at American Airlines helped St. Charles County's jobless rate climb in June to its highest level in a year, although the county still has fewer unemployed on a percentage basis than does surrounding areas.The county had a jobless rate of 4.4 percent last month, the Missouri Department...
- Research articles 2003-07-31
- Adjusted Jobless Claims Suggest the Recession Ended
- Mark J. Perry submits: August employment data was released Friday, and the graph above of Initial Jobless Claims as a Percent of the Labor Force (1974-2009) has been updated to reflect the August labor force of 154,577,000 and the August average for initial unemployment claims (568,900 for the 4-week...
- External links 2009-09-06
- Jobless Rate in Tacoma,Wash., Area Highest in 5 Years.
- By Jim Szymanski, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 18--A sharper-than-normal uptick in June unemployment rates left the Puget Sound region with its highest jobless rate in five years. Rising energy costs that have forced cutbacks in manufacturing...
- Research articles 2001-07-18
- Loss of Ames Store Contributes to Rise in Connecticut Jobless Rate.
- By Pam Dawkins, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 22--The jobless rate rose from 4 percent in August to 4.1 percent last month, the state Department of Labor reported Monday. The national jobless rate is 5.6 percent. ...
- Research articles 2002-10-22
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