“The decline in the jobless rate came primarily because the labor force...
New Jobs at 96,000, Missing Expectations; Rate Hits 8.1% Employment growth remained weak in August, with just 96,000 new positions created but the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent, according to...
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The broader U-6 rate — which takes into account part-time workers who want full-time work and lots of discouraged workers who’ve given up looking — stayed unchanged at 14.7%. Does that make James...
View ArticleMore #post-election info: 28% Latino poverty rate
Latino Poverty Rate Climbs to 28% The numbers released Wednesday a week after the election by the Census Bureau are part of a newly developed supplemental poverty measure. Devised a year ago, this...
View ArticleIt’s always darkest before it goes pitch black
Dark now: IT DOESN’T PAY TO WORK Pitch black: Obamacare will make us a part time nation UPDATE: Thousands of high net worth individuals fleeing America under the Obama regime…
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Drudge has the juxtaposition, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BACK UP TO 7.9%... ASSOCIATED PRESS: 'mostly encouraging'... 8,500,000 Americans Left Labor Force In Obama's First Term... POOF: Another 170,000...
View ArticleTHIS I could support: Entrepreneur visas
A New Push for Entrepreneur Visas The Startup Act 3.0, a bipartisan Senate bill expected to be introduced this week, aims to get 75,000 new “entrepreneur visas” every year to founders who raise...
View ArticleThe $9/hr unemployment act
This is what teen unemployment has been for the last six years: With that dismal number, the President proposes a 25% increase in minimum salary to $9/hr. The result? The least educated, experienced...
View ArticleFriday afternoon bad news dump: Record 89,304,000 Americans ‘Not in Labor Force’
Record 89,304,000 Americans ‘Not in Labor Force’ — 296,000 Fewer Employed Since January The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) labels people who are unemployed and no longer looking for work as “not in...
View ArticleThe Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
ARGENTINA Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner rips British rule of the Falklands in Twitter tirade A Bit of 1984: Biometriics Used in #Argentina Today (h/t McNorman). BRAZIL China and Brazil sign $30bn...
View ArticleMinimum Wage Laws Kill Jobs
Prof. Steve Hanke explains Minimum Wage Laws Kill Jobs In the 21 countries with a minimum wage, the average country has an unemployment rate of 11.8%; whereas, the average unemployment rate in the...
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