unemployment
To ease or not to ease, that is Fed’s question
September 4, 2013The Jackson Hole conference attended by many of the world's top economists, central bankers and policy makers revealed divisions over current Fed stimulus policy.
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Unemployment dips, but new jobs likely pay low wages
August 2, 2013The U.S. unemployment rate in July was 7.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, down 0.1 percent from the month before. A separate survey reported businesses claimed to create a net of 162,000 new jobs...
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What the June unemployment figures mean for workers
July 9, 2013At the current slow rate of economic recovery, it will take until 2020 to close the gap in the labor market, says a top economist.
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When capitalism can’t
July 3, 2013Today, there are hundreds of millions of people around the world who are and remain permanently in the "reserve army of the unemployed."
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New Haven creates “jobs pipeline” to fight poverty, unemployment
June 28, 2013NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A ribbon-cutting ceremony with Gov. Dannel Malloy and workers who are now employed through the new "jobs pipeline" program, marked the official opening of New Haven Works.
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