Does the Decrease in Continuing Claims Reflect an Improved Employment Situation?

The Street outlines that continuing claims are continuing to trend down: The total number of Americans filing for unemployment look a bit b...

Natural Rate of Unemployment

Bloomberg details: The new “normal” unemployment rate may now be 6.7 percent, rising as much as 1.7 percentage points from 5 percent before...

A Nation of "Slackers"

Part time workers for slack business conditions that is. Source: BLS

Unemployment Rate to Remain Elevated

I relayed this morning that the unemployment report was: Better than expected Shows the U.S. has been adding jobs across the board for the f...

From Unemployed to Out of the Workforce

WSJ reports: The U.S. economy shed more jobs than expected in July while the unemployment rate held steady at 9.5%, a further sign the econ...

Employment Breakdown

Bloomberg details: Employment fell in June for the first time this year, reflecting a drop in federal census workers and a smaller-than-for...

Japanese Recovery Fading?

Bloomberg details: Japan’s industrial production and household spending slipped in May and the unemployment rate unexpectedly increased, in...

Employment: Higher Among Parents

Yesterday we took a look at the (lack of) employment among teens ... today we look at employment of their parents. The BLS reports: Forty-f...

Euro Zone Unemployment Hits 12 Year High

The WSJ reports: The euro zone's unemployment rate rose to its highest level for almost 12 years in April, while growth in manufacturin...

One Size Doesn't Fit All... and Gold

Europe is in a tough situation as all European economies are not in the same situation with regards to debt levels (i.e. solvency risk) or s...

Unemployed to Job Openings Remains Elevated

Calculated Risk provides some additional details: According to the JOLTS report, there were 4.96 million hires in February (SA), and 3.957 ...

Back in Black: Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate Stays at 9.7%

WSJ details: U.S. employers created jobs at the fastest pace in three years in March, but nearly one-third came from temporary hiring for t...

European Unemployment to 11 1/2 Year High

Business and Finance reports: Euro zone inflation was much higher than expected in March and the unemployment rate reached 10 percent in Fe...

Unemployment by State = Nowhere to Hide

BLS reports: Annual average unemployment rates rose in 2009 in all regions, divisions, and states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics repor...

The Death of the Workforce

Traveling ALL week, so posts will be intermittent. I pointed out yesterday that for the first time in U.S. history, more women are in the w...

Comparing U.S. and E.U. Unemployment

Source: Eurostat / BLS

Is 16-19 Year Old Unemployment at 37.1%?

In response to my post on 16-19 year old unemployment , reader MichaelGER asked: Why not do an EconomPic unemployment rate sugestion for th...

Unemployment to Job Opening Ratio Jumps Again

BusinessWeek details: Job openings in the U.S. fell in November to the lowest level in four months, a sign employers are reluctant to expan...

The "Recession Generation"

Newsweek details: We all know the type of person who came of age in the Great Depression. They are the grandmothers and grandfathers who ca...

An Alternative Unemployment Rate.... at 11.7%

The labor force has declined at the fastest pace over the last 12 months in more than 50 years. Which causes the unemployment rate to skew t...