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Slow and steady wins the race
David Brancaccio Feb 1, 2012
Today payroll giant ADP announced 170,000 new additions to payrolls.
Making your own version of the Fed's Beige Book
David Brancaccio Jan 12, 2012
The Federal Reserve's Beige Book is a review of economic trends in the country. The Fed's method of gathering data on the economy is pretty simple, though: Just calling around and asking.
Employment report: The Christmas bump
Joel Patterson Jan 6, 2012
Temporary holiday hires might be padding December’s big jobs numbers.
For 2012, "cautious" optimism abounds
David Gura Jan 2, 2012
Today's data on global manufacturing was better than expected. Combine that with slightly better numbers on unemployment and housing last month, and analysts think the economy is, well, better.
Despite reports, odds still stacked against job seekers
Joel Patterson Dec 13, 2011
A recent report from the Department of Labor has job listings up sharply over two years prior, but with unemployment at 8.6 percent, job openings are not plentiful.
Jill Schlesinger: Reason to smile today, but jobs crisis far from over
Jill Schlesinger Oct 10, 2011
The September jobs report is out and it was better than last month, when I complained that President Obama blew it on jobs. The Labor Department ...
OP-ED: August jobs report shows Obama blew it
Jill Schlesinger Sep 2, 2011
The August jobs report is out and it was even worse than last month. The Labor Department said the US economy did not add any jobs last month (an...
U.S. unemployment picture at a glance: August, 2011
Matt Berger Sep 29, 2011
The U.S. job situation in August is a carbon copy of July (which was revised today to 85,000 new jobs instead of the previously reported 117,000)...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Economy added 216,000 jobs in March, NASDAQ puts the moves on NYSE
Katharine Crnko Apr 1, 2011
Here are today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and around the web....
Happy Daze
David Brancaccio Nov 3, 2011
There is word that Britain's center-right coalition government wants to make the happiness and well-being of the British public part of the...
