By msnbc.com news services The U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate dropped to a near three-year low, offering a hopeful sign for hiring in the year ahead. Employers added a net 243,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday – that’s the most since [...]
The December jobs and unemployment data fell to its lowest in almost three years, making way for an 8.5 percent unemployment rate. This has been a trend over the past four months, due to an increase in private sector hiring. Hiring reached a peak over the past four months, with over 200,000 new jobs created. [...]
2011 was a tough year for Veterans who searched for employment. We’ve dealt with high unemployment, stagnant home prices and a global financial crisis. But we’ve also started to see the beginnings of growth. In fact, there are reasons to be hopeful as we enter 2012.
All indicators point towards a slow and steady growth for 2012. Market recovery has been inching up since mid-2009 and it will continue moving forward over the next 12 months.
By REP. ROY BLUNT Over the nearly 10 months since I was sworn into the Senate, Washington has been gripped by unnecessary gridlock and dysfunction – even as families and job creators call for policies that can jumpstart our economy. President Barack Obama has been traveling the country with an eye on his reelection, [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with California business, community and agricultural leaders to discuss the Administration’s strategy to strengthen the U.S. economy and to highlight what passage of the American Jobs Act will mean for Californians. “The American Jobs Act provides common-sense steps we can take right now to put more people back to work [...]
By:Elise Foley WASHINGTON — Hours after it was reported that Democrats were abandoning a jobs bill before it was introduced, party leadership insisted that Democrats will stand behind the legislation if it is brought to the floor in the coming weeks. “We’re not going to get 100 percent of our caucus, but believe me, [...]
President to Congress: ‘What on Earth are we waiting for?’ WASHINGTON — Imploring Congress to follow his lead, President Barack Obama on Tuesday lobbied lawmakers to adopt his nearly $450 billion jobs plan, promising it would help workers in the construction industry and rebuild schools in crumbling condition. Said Obama: “My question to Congress is, what [...]
WASHINGTON — The $447 billion American Jobs Act is an insurance policy against the economy retreating back into recession, President Barack Obama told NBC in an interview aired on Monday. “There are still a lot of folks hurting out there. And my job as president of the United States is not to worry about my job — [...]
President urges $450 billion jobs proposal to ‘jolt’ economy in national address By Alex Johnson Calling it an “urgent time for our country,” President Barack Obama asked Congress on Thursday night to “stop the political circus” and approve a nearly half-trillion-dollar plan to help the economy by cutting payroll taxes, raising taxes on the [...]
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
