How did the job market fare in December?
Frank Newport Jan 5, 2012
The government's jobless data for December comes out Friday. Gallup has its own unemployment measures. Here's a preview.
Americans choose renting
Joel Patterson Jan 5, 2012
Despite record-low mortgage rates, Americans are yet to wade back into home-ownership.
Understanding the year-end unemployment drop
Mitchell Hartman Dec 22, 2011
What's behind the drop in unemployment claims?
Private sector gains offset by continued government layoffs
Jeremy Hobson Nov 30, 2011
John Challenger of Challenger, Gray & Christmas speaks about his company's November jobs numbers, which show some signs of improvement
Fairfax, Va.: Land of corporate headquarters and 4.6 percent unemployment
John Dimsdale Nov 28, 2011
One country in Virginia is managing to survive and prosper even as the country at large has ongoing financial problems.
College graduates in China, like the U.S., face high unemployment
Rob Schmitz Nov 24, 2011
In China, the government is considering phasing out college majors that don't allow students to find work after graduation.
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)...
INFOGRAPHIC: U.S. employment picture at a glance
Matt Berger Aug 7, 2011
The economy added 117,000 jobs in July, sending the nation's unemployment rate down to 9.1 percent for the month, according today's monthly emplo...
