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Job openings at highest level in four years
Jeremy Hobson Aug 8, 2012
Job openings jumped to a four-year high in June: 3.7 million. Seems strange, considering we learned less than a week ago that the country has an 8.3 percent unemployment rate right now.
Unemployment workers face layoffs
Kai Ryssdal Aug 7, 2012
As more people find work where there are jobs to be found, fewer workers are needed in state unemployment offices.
Romney adviser responds to July jobs report
Jeremy Hobson Aug 3, 2012
Glenn Hubbard, an adviser to the Romney campaign, talks about the most recent U.S. jobs report and about Mitt Romney's economic plans if he wins the presidency.
The economy makes do with five million fewer jobs
Mitchell Hartman Aug 3, 2012
The nation's output of goods and services is back to the level it was before the recession began in 2007. But five million fewer people are working. Who got left out of the economy?
Obama adviser Alan Krueger on July's jobs report
Jeremy Hobson Aug 3, 2012
Alan Krueger, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, discusses what President Obama can do to create more jobs.
Reflecting on the July Labor Department report
Jeremy Hobson Aug 3, 2012
The U.S. economy added 163,000 jobs last month, but the unemployment rate ticked up from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent. FTN Financial's chief economist discusses the good and the bad of the report.
Weekly Wrap: July's unemployment report
Tess Vigeland Aug 3, 2012
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street and beyond. This week: Optimism with the July jobs report?
Unemployment ticks up to 8.3%, with 163,000 jobs added
Jeremy Hobson Aug 3, 2012
The July jobs report from the Labor Department is out. Last month, unemployment rose from 8.2 to 8.3 percent, while 163,000 jobs were added -- the most in five months.
How Europe watches American unemployment
Andrew Walker Aug 3, 2012
Today the world is watching us here in the U.S. The Labor Department is about to tell us how many jobs
were created in the U.S. last month and what the new unemployment rate is. It's seen as a key indicator for the health of the U.S. economy, which is still the largest in the world.
Awaiting the July jobs report
Jeremy Hobson Aug 3, 2012
In just a couple hours we'll get the most important economic numbers of the month. The Labor Department will tell us how many jobs were created in the U.S. in July, and what the new unemployment rate is.
