Apr 9, 2012
STONE MOUNTAIN, Georgia (Reuters) - The U.S. economy has yet to fully recover from the effects of the financial crisis, and regulators must continue to find new ways to strengthen the banking system,... ...
Analysis: How low can U.S. jobless rate really fall?
Apr 9, 2012
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gary Feeman has been searching for a job for 16 months. He's not ready to give up just yet, but the 60-year-old worries he is running out of options. ...
Analysis: How low can U.S. jobless rate really fall?
Apr 8, 2012
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gary Feeman has been searching for a job for 16 months. He's not ready to give up just yet, but the 60-year-old worries he is running out of options. ...
Despite recovery, U.S. public employees face more layoffs
Apr 8, 2012
(Reuters) - Since 2009, the city of Chesapeake, tucked up against the Great Dismal Swamp in southern Virginia, has cut its workforce twice. This summer, nearly three years after the recession ended,... ...
Jobs recovery suffers setback in March
Apr 7, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers hired far fewer workers in March than in previous months, keeping the door open for the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary support for a still sluggish economy. ...
Ranks of America’s working poor grew in 2010
Apr 6, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of working Americans earning so little they lived in poverty reached 7.2 percent of the labor force in 2010, the highest level in at least two decades, the... ...