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Unemployment… It’s a Drag on Everything

By Donald Sears ⋅ August 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Oh, Unemployment… Can’t you just chill out a little this summer?Apparently not.
This week’s numbers were higher than expected–and higher unemployment is not what anyone needs to hear right now. While the relatively stable July was a good month, the rosy bandwagon from that month is back to what it was — steadily rising unemployment numbers [...]

Weekly Unemployment Numbers Up

By Donald Sears ⋅ June 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

With June almost over, the unemployment numbers for the month are looking a whole lot like May — they’re not great.
This week the story on layoffs and the effect on unemployment insurance is more of the same: Claims are up, seasonally adjusted numbers are up, and the number of folks continuing to collect is also on [...]

President Obama on Unemployment in 2009

By Donald Sears ⋅ June 23, 2009 ⋅ One comment

In a press conference today, President Barack Obama denounced the violence of the government in Iran against peaceful protesters and also discussed a number of domestic items including clean energy reform, plans for health care and the U.S. economy. Part of his discussions with the media were on unemployment and economic stimulus.
Here’s what was said [...]

U.S. State Unemployment Figures on the Rise

By Donald Sears ⋅ June 22, 2009 ⋅ One comment

A recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — the numbers division of the U.S. Department of Labor — has a monthly snapshot of the country’s labor situation on a state-by-state basis. For May 2009, the picture is not pretty. Unemployment numbers in California having risen to 11.5 percent, although a few states did see [...]