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Economists Urge Action on Jobs
Singapore :: Singapore | about 5 hours ago
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The government should do more to help businesses create jobs amid a continuing bleak outlook for the U.S. labor market, according to the majority of economists in the latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey. Twenty-seven of the 51 economists, not...
Tags: unemployment rate, Singapore, Unemployment, Politics, Business Finance, Presidency of Barack Obama, Macroeconomics, Tax, Labor economics, Labor, Political economy
Liberals say bill falls short on job-creation measures, projects
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility A group of senior House Democrats say they want to expand on the ideas that Obama put forth, hoping to make up for the $787 billion stimulus they say was too small. They voiced worry Wednesday that without changes, the new jobs bill will follow the path...
Tags: Barack Obama, House Democratic, White House, unemployment rate, GOP, billion stimulus, creation measures, fall short, Washington, Politics, 111th United States Congress, Presidency of Barack Obama, Congressional Black Caucus, Climate crisis, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, United States federal banking legislation, Labor, Democratic Party
Economy unites to fight youth unemployment
Bern :: Switzerland | 1 day ago
Credibility At a news conference in Bern, Leuthard called for increased cooperation so that young people could have a better education. She also advised companies to continue to employ their apprentices after their vocational training. The call did not fall on deaf...
Tags: Switzerland, labour market, Doris Leuthard, youth unemployment, unemployment rate, vocational training, Bern, Unemployment, Labour economics, Alternative education, Vocational education, Labor economics, Employment, Labor
CEOs warn on jobs squeeze
Sydney :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility THE fastest jobs growth in three years has signalled the peak in unemployment and sparked concerns among chief executives that Australia will again be facing acute labour shortages with competition from Government stimulus spending. The jobless rate...
Tags: Australian Bureau of Statistics, jobless rate, seasonally adjusted, price index, unemployment rate, Australia, Sydney, Business Finance, Unemployment, Labor, Labor economics, Macroeconomics, Recessions, Business cycle, Rudd Government, Late-2000s recession, Futures contract, Stock market crashes, Politics, Employment, Late 2000s recession in the Americas, Cent, Julia Gillard, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Fiscal policy, Late 2000s recession in Australasia, Early 1990s recession, Financial crisis of 2007￢ﾀﾓ2009, Labour economics, Australian Securities Exchange, Types of unemployment
Unemployment rate expected to rise
Sydney :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility The consensus among economists is that 5,000 jobs will have been created during November, after an increase of more than 24,000 the previous month. But the unemployment rate is expected to worsen from 5.8 per cent in October to 5.9 per cent last month.
Tags: unemployment rate, labour market, Australia, Sydney, Labour economics, Unemployment, Business Finance, Wage curve, NAIRU, Labor economics, Labor
Unless Congress Acts, 3.2 Million Will Lose Unemployment Benefits in Early 2010
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The study estimates that in January, one million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits -- and by the end of March, a total of 3.2 million workers will lose that very essential lifeline. And what a lifeline it has been for many of those hardest...
Tags: Congress Acts, unemployment benefit, unemployment rate, unemployment checks, New York City, Underemployment, Unemployment, 111th United States Congress, Employment, Labor economics, Uninsured in the United States, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Labor
For the president, a lesson in limits
Sunday, December 6, 2009 By Dan Balz for the BBC's Biodun Iginla Sunday, December 6, 2009 Seven days cannot encapsulate the whole of a presidency, but the past week was a vivid illustration of the arc of President Obama's first year in office....
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Mistake to think of particular ethnic group in a broader economic development –US President Obama
Obama :: Japan | 4 days ago
Credibility In an exclusive interview given to the most widely read newspaper USA Today on December 03 President Barrack Obama rejected the notion that there shouldn’t be special focus on a particular ethnic group when undertaking national economic development.
Tags: African American, Center for American Progress, African-American, Congressional Black Caucus, Black America, economic development, president obama, unemployment rate, Black Congressmen, americans unemployment, Japan, Obama, Barack Obama, Political positions of Barack Obama, Unemployment, Social Issues, Race, Punahou School alumni, Black people, Barack Obama presidential primary campaign
A glimmer
Saturday, December 5, 2009 Unemployment in America by Biodun Iginla, BBC News and the Economist Dec 4th 2009 | WASHINGTON, DC From Economist.com The unemployment rate falls slightly in America AP THE American economy has been shedding jobs for nearly...
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A Tale of Two Presidents: How Media Treated Bush’s Unemployment #’s Compared to Obama
Toronto :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility Today, in the vaunted era of Obama, the unemployment numbers for November 2009 have come out and it shows some of the highest unemployment numbers since the Great Depression. Despite that the Old Media seems to be playing this as a sign of optimism. Such...
Tags: Bush, The New York Times, Obama&, old media, unemployment rate, media treats, percent unemployment, Canada, Toronto, Politics, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Presidency of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Labor economics, Labor
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