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- Unemployment: Emotional Cost Behind the Figures
- Scene: Corporate elevator Employee #1: "Monday morning-ugh!" Employee #2: "I'm so happy to still have my job that I can't even complain about Mondays!" As economists focus on signs of economic recovery and investors rejoice in stock market gains, there's a...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
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- Unemployment Falls to 10%, But Obscures Negative Trends
- Ravi Nagarajan submits: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its November report on employment Friday morning which shows that unemployment dropped to 10.0% from 10.2% in October. While any drop in the “headline” unemployment rate is likely to be greeted with celebration or at least relief, Friday’s report...
- External links 2009-12-06
- Nine Million Part-Timers Mean Slow Job Growth in Recovery
- During this recession we've come to learn that the headline rate of unemployment doesn't tell us the whole truth about the job market. The official rate for July was down a bit, to 9.4 percent, but the government's alternative measure (called U-6), which includes people who are forced to work...
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- The Hidden Unemployed | BTalk Australia
- (Episode 264: 9 minutes 33) Last week the ABS released the unemployment statistics, showing a smaller than expected increase to 5.7%. It's another indicator that the Australian economy is faring better than most other OECD countries. Yet many people out of work are not included in the...
- Blog posts 2009-06-14
- Long-Term Unemployment Numbers: Increasing and Troublesome
- Many recent economic data releases aren't making sense to a wide swath of the American population. Specifically, a number of data series' - such as new/existing home sales, home prices, GDP, mortgage originations, and now even The Employment Situation - would seem to indicate that the economy has spent the...
- External links 2009-08-07
- The Living Low Paid | BTalk Australia
- (16min 48) There’s a concern that the unempoyment rate will rise this year, but what about those people working part-time for a low wage? It’s an increasing proportion of the Australian workforce yet it attracts little attention from policy makers. On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks...
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Home Properties, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of David [Tote] – Citigroup. David [Tote] – Citigroup A couple of questions, there’s one particular statistic I find interesting with regard to your residential customers, home purchasing move outs dropped as would be...
- Earnings calls 2008-08-24
- The Seattle Times Economic Memo Column. (Originated from The Seattle Times)
- Jan. 9--A NEW LOOK AT UNEMPLOYMENT: Hold the cheers on the unemployment rate. It could go back over 7 percent next month with virtually no change in the labor markets. That's the likely impact of a major change in the way the unemployment rate is determined....
- Research articles 1994-01-10
- Recession is Only the Beginning | BTalk Australia
- (18min 54) Professor Steve Keen says the Aussie economy has a long way to fall yet. The current situation is the work of neoclassical economists who didn’t understand the importance of controlling debt, which is now over $2 trillion. He points to the RBA, whose decision not to lower interest...
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- Middlesex County: Combining Strengths to Benefit Residents & Economy
- Carl Spataro beams with pride when he says that the unemployment rate in Middlesex County has been consistently lower than New Jerseys. Last October, the county had an unemployment rate of 3.9 percent, compared with the state's already low average of 4.6 percent. The trend has held true for every...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Survey: Worries about jobs touch all classes in U.S.
- Fear of unemployment and other economic worries haunt Americans at a level well above the current official federal statistic that pegs joblessness at just 6 percent of the workforce. More than a third of adults say at least one person in their immediate family has "lost a...
- Research articles 2003-11-14
- The Seattle Times Economic Memo Column.
- By Stephen H. Dunphy, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 21--The unemployment rate is widely reported each month, a key statistic for measuring the state of the economy nationally, statewide and locally. For most of us, though, the report reduces...
- Research articles 2002-07-21
- 2007 Schedule Set For Monthly Jobs/Employment Data Releases
- To: LABOR EDITORSContact: Barry Ciccocioppo, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, +1-717-787-7530 HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Labor & Industry Secretary Stephen M. Schmerin today announced the 2007 monthly jobs/employment data release schedule. The table below shows the release dates of the mid-month data report, which contains statewide nonfarm...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- Economists Debate What Economic Indicators Really Tell Us.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 20 -- Endlessly we track the Dow Jones industrial average, the Consumer Price Index and the unemployment rate. Now more and more eyes are riveting on another statistic, one that some call the most important of all of them:...
- Research articles 1999-06-21
- Canada at a Glance: AM.
- Byline: Resource News International WINNIPEG, MB, Oct 05, 2007 Resource News International via COMTEX -- The following is a quick glimpse of the news making the headlines in Canada. CDN JOBLESS RATE UNEXPECTEDLY FALLS TO 5.95 IN SEPT OTTAWA - Canada's...
- Research articles 2007-10-05
- We're number two! (report on job growth and employment in Muncie, Indiana)
- We're Number Two! Surrounded by serious regional economic distress, Muncie is basking in the glow of real economic growth, moderate unemployment and big employer investment. Muncie ranks number two in the nation in job growth, according to 1990 year-end figures compiled...
- Research articles 1991-03-01
- Collecting statistics in response to racial profiling Allegations - Perspective
- "This isn't a problem that can be quantified just in terms of statistics.... It's like the guy who is unemployed; the unemployment rate for him is 100 percent. For people who have been the victim of racial profiling, the statistic is 100 percent." (1) U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft...
- Research articles 2002-05-01
- Foundation Of A Fast, Successful Job Search
- According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the average length of unemployment is about 18 weeks. But this statistic accounts for all industries, sectors, and professional levels. While you may be one of the lucky few, other statistics indicate that the average job search for a professional or mid-manager can...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Inflation-Deflation: Macroeconomist Smackdown
- Of all the different vital signs for the U.S. economy, the measure that's drawn the most attention has been the rising unemployment rate. Inflation hasn't been as newsy, because prices have been pretty tame. But the long-term picture for prices is still unclear, and there's a hot debate among economists...
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Our Market Review and Sector Analysis
- Value Expectations submits: This year, April showers brought happy portfolios along with May flowers. Despite a few nay-believers stressing their belief that this is a bear market rally and February was A Bottom not The Bottom, the US equity market continued the momentum started in March, sending the S&P500...
- External links 2009-05-13
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