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...