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  • Today’s Jobs Report? ‘Call It a Wash’

    Last month, the US added 192,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remained 6.7%. The immediate response seems to be free of either wails or applause. Economists had expected 200,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate dropping a bit to 6.6%—or, as Quartz put it in... Go to Source Author: Evann Gastaldo

    Posted at April 5, 2014 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment
  • Hey Colleges: Stop Asking Broke Grads for Money

    At the end of senior year, Alexander Aciman made the mistake of donating $25 to his college's alumni fund. Now, he knows that's "a lot like inviting a vampire into one's home," he writes at the New Republic . He's now constantly bombarded by calls and emails begging for more. But... Go to Source Author: Kevin Spak

    Posted at March 28, 2014 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment
  • Only 11% of Long-Term Unemployed Find Jobs

    The situation is even bleaker than it might seem for the 3.8 million Americans classed as long-term unemployed, a new study finds. Only 11% of the long-term unemployed in any given month had found work a year later, according to research from three Princeton University economists, and they are... Go to Source Author: Rob Quinn

    Posted at March 21, 2014 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment
  • Only 11% of Long-Term Unemployed Find Jobs

    The situation is even bleaker than it might seem for the 3.8 million Americans classed as long-term unemployed, a new study finds. Only 11% of the long-term unemployed in any given month had found work a year later, according to research from three Princeton University economists, and they are... Go to Source Author: Rob Quinn

    Posted at March 21, 2014 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment
  • Fed: Unemployment Isn’t Our Guide Anymore

    The Federal Reserve will no longer rely on the unemployment rate as its be-all, end-all indicator of economic health, it announced today. Until now, the Fed has set its goal at 6.5% unemployment. But as the jobless rate nears that threshold , the central bank said it would keep rates... Go to Source Author: Kevin Spak

    Posted at March 20, 2014 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment