Unemployment

The jobless rate in the U.S. held steady at 8.3 percent and the U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs in February. Alan Krueger of the White House Council of Economic Advisers explains what still needs to be done.

Technology has become a good way of keeping up with your networks and connections in your job search.

Today, we learned from the job placement firm, Challenger, Gray & Christmas about the number of planned layoffs at American companies in February.

According to the latest Gallup poll, most Americans say yes.

The American economy seems to be moving along at a healthy clip, from jobs to hamburgers.

The national average for a gallon of gasoline dipped today after about a month of steady increases. At the same time, tension with Iran could push those back up.

The dip in unemployment and job claims indicate optimism — but wages fell sharply for the majority of American workers last year in a way that they haven't since 2007.

But commentator Betsey Stevenson says they're only just masking the need to reform how we help the unemployed.

After much disagreement, it looks as though House Republicans and Democrats might soon agree to extend the payroll tax cuts, which put a little extra money into our wallets each month.