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This Month’s Jobs Report a Surprise—the Bad Kind
The US economy added just 126,000 jobs in March—not even close to the 248,000 economists had expected, the Wall Street Journal reports. The unemployment rate remained unchanged , at 5.5%. At the Journal, Paul Vigna calls the jobs number a "surprise," noting that's the slimmest gain since... Go to Source Author: Evann Gastaldo
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Unemployment Rate Lowest Since May 2008
A better jobs report than expected today, at least when it comes to new jobs: 295,000 of them were added last month, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5%, the AP reports. Economists had expected 240,000 new jobs, with the unemployment rate expected to drop from 5.... Go to Source Author: Evann Gastaldo
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Not Having a Job Could Warp Your Personality
New research suggests being unemployed may actually alter a person's "core personality" for the worse, making it harder to secure new employment, per the American Psychological Association . A study published in the APA's Journal of Applied Psychology looked at nearly 6,769 German adults who took a personality test at... Go to Source Author: Jenn Gidman
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1st Jobs Report of 2015: Mostly Good News
The US economy added 257,000 jobs last month, a full 20,000 more than economists had expected today's jobs report to show, the Wall Street Journal reports. The unemployment rate ticked up from 5.6% to 5.7%, but as the AP explains, that's partially because more Americans started... Go to Source Author: Evann Gastaldo
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America’s Male Worker Is Dying —by Choice?
The US once had one of the highest employment rates of the world's developed nations. Now, not so much. And men in particular aren't working as much as they used to. In 2000, 89% of men aged 25 to 54 went to work, compared to 95% in the late 1960s.... Go to Source Author: Arden Dier
