Unemployment

Unemployment

  • LONG BEACH, CA - NOVEMBER 20: Job seekers attend the Long Beach Mega Diversity Career Fair at the First Congregational Church on November 20, 2009 in Long Beach, California. Unemployment rose in 29 US states and the District of Columbia during October according to a government report today. Michigan was the highest at 15.1 percent and in fourth place, California had 12.5 percent.

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  • Analysis: Fed under fire as public anger mounts

    ...much broader as Congress responds to widespread public anger that the Fed bailed out Wall Street but not ordinary Americans, and with unemployment in double digits.Former Fed Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. famously said that the central bank's job was... |more

  • Americans save more but earn less as rates fall

    ...rates aren't expected to rise anytime soon. The Federal Reserve seems determined to keep rates low as long as unemployment remains up and consumer spending is weak.Comments made by top Fed officials in recent days, including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke... |more

  • Louisiana sees decline in initial jobless claims

    ... BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — First-time claims for jobless benefits in Louisiana fell last week after a spike attributed to a temporary layoff in the transportation equipment industry.The Louisiana Workforce Commission reported 4,623 initial claims for the wee... |more

  • Ala. jobless rate rises to 10.9 percent in October

    ...was the lowest in Shelby County, with 7.4 percent, Madison County at 7.5 percent and Coffee County at 8.3 percent.The highest unemployment in the state continued to be in mostly rural southwest Alabama counties, which have been hit hard by layoffs in the timber... |more

  • Dollar keeps gaining as traders pare risk exposure

    ... NEW YORK (AP) — The safe-haven dollar further strengthened Friday and Treasury yields hovered around their lows for the year as worries about the economy in 2010 diminished traders' appetites for risky bets.After Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 200... |more

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  • Oklahoma Unemployment updates

    ...Labor Department reported Friday. The seasonally adjusted rate climbed from 6.7 percent in September. A year ago, the state’s unemployment was at 4.2 percent. October’s national unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent, the highest level since April 1993, the Labor... |more

  • State unemployment rate drops

    ...to lead the states with the highest unemployment rate, at 15.1 percent. Nevada followed with 13 percent. North Dakota again claimed the lowest unemployment rate, at 4.2 percent. "Montana is still doing much better than the nation as a whole," Wagner said.... |more

  • Economic recovery invisible to Oregon's small towns

    ...to those of 2007. But Willamina's unemployment rate is 22 percent and the town is "one mill closure away from 80 percent unemployment," Thompson said. In Albany, the paper mill, one of the city's largest employers, has closed permanently. Weyerhaeuser permanently... |more

  • My Turn: Balance needed in unemployment fund crisis

    ...job providers in this state and seek a balanced approach to a difficult problem. Employers are willing to pay more into the unemployment fund in order to continue paying benefits but only if the benefit system is modified to reflect a shared sacrifice. Employers... |more

  • Focus on getting Americans working

    ...and school districts would be shedding jobs and slashing services even more than they are. Congress recent extension of unemployment benefits and expansion of the homebuyers tax credit also help. And when Kansas legislators voted last spring to tap $70ćmillion... |more