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  • Just 88K Jobs Added in March

    Unemployment fell to 7.6% in March, but just 88,000 jobs were added—which the Wall Street Journal calls a "very bad number." Economists weren't expecting much from today's jobs report—according to NPR , they were forecasting "slow and steady" growth—but they had predicted 200,000 new jobs.... Go to Source Author: Evann Gastaldo

    Posted at April 6, 2013 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment
  • Unemployment Drops to 7.7%

    The February jobs report is out, and it's way better than economists expected: The unemployment rate dropped to 7.7% from January's 7.9% ; economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires had expected it to drop to 7.8%. That's the lowest rate since December 2008. And the economy added 236,... Go to Source Author: Evann Gastaldo

    Posted at March 9, 2013 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment
  • Unemployment Drops to 7.7%

    The February jobs report is out, and it's way better than economists expected: The unemployment rate dropped to 7.7% from January's 7.9% ; economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires had expected it to drop to 7.8%. That's the lowest rate since December 2008. And the economy added 236,... Go to Source Author: Evann Gastaldo

    Posted at March 9, 2013 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment
  • We Need Confidence, but We Get ‘Dr. Doom’

    President Obama didn't recognize the scope of the jobs crisis in his first term, and he's making the same mistake in his second, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . Instead of public-works projects, we got health care reform, and its costs are only making employers even more reluctant... Go to Source Author: John Johnson

    Posted at March 9, 2013 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment
  • We Need Confidence, but We Get ‘Dr. Doom’

    President Obama didn't recognize the scope of the jobs crisis in his first term, and he's making the same mistake in his second, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . Instead of public-works projects, we got health care reform, and its costs are only making employers even more reluctant... Go to Source Author: John Johnson

    Posted at March 9, 2013 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment