The World Street Journal reports that U.S. economic growth accelerated last quarter, easing fears of a near-term slowdown but doing little to change the trajectory of a long but weak expansion. Gross domestic product, a broad measure of goods and services…
More non-farm jobs created in the month of December amounting to 292,000 jobs, according to a newly released report from The Bureau of Labor Statistics, and according to the report, the unemployment rate remains at 5%.
And the positive economic growth continues, regardless of what the Republicans say. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls grew 271,000 for the month, a sharp jump from weak August and September numbers. The headline unemployment…
When asked about the upcoming firings and layoffs, the denial was expected. But according to this report, company wide layoffs will happen next week. Jack Dorsey was named permanent CEO of Twitter on Monday, and a big reason he got…
Newly released reports state that the labor market added 223,000 jobs last month, making this the lowest the unemployment rate has been in 7 years. The unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent, the lowest mark in seven years, but the…
Your Thursday morning dose of good news. First-time filings for unemployment insurance fell by 34,000 to 262,000 in the week ended April 25, the lowest since April 15, 2000, a Labor Department report showed Thursday in Washington. The figure was…
No wonder the jokers in the Republican party are now trying to take credit for the economic growth in this country. Who wouldn’t want to be in charge of an economy with a 5.6 unemployment rate? The U.S. capped its…
In his weekly address, President Obama took some time to praise the rebound of the American economy, something the president hasn’t done in a long time although evidence of economic prosperity is evident. The steps we took nearly six years…
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP) — U.S. employers added a whopping 321,000 jobs in November, the biggest burst of hiring in nearly three years and the latest sign that the United States is outperforming other economies throughout the developed world. The…
Bob Deitrick: ”President Reagan has long been considered the best modern economic President. So we compared his performance dealing with the oil-induced recession of the 1980s with that of President Obama and his performance during this ‘Great Recession.’ “As this…
Watch Republicans find a way to somehow say this is bad for the economy. In September, the economy added another 248,000 jobs, lowering the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and creating even more…
Republicans would call Maria Fernandes lazy. She worked three jobs at three different Dunkin Donuts in New Jersey, trying to survive and pay her $550 a month rent. According to her landlady, Maria’s rent payments were often late. Working three…
