Bernanke: Long-Term Unemployment Has SEVERE ‘Social Consequences’
Kristina Cooke Reuters NEW YORK — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Tuesday that a long period of high unemployment could exact a steep…
Employment
2 million lose jobless benefits as holidays arrive
Tom Breen Associated Press Extended unemployment benefits for nearly 2 million Americans begin to run out Wednesday, cutting off a steady stream of income and…
Unemployment Extension Defeated In House
image source Arthur Delaney Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday voted down a measure that would have reauthorized extended unemployment insurance…
The REAL Unemployment Rate Is 22%
The Daily Bell Details from John William’s Shadow Stats: The seasonally-adjusted SGS Alternate Unemployment Rate reflects current unemployment reporting methodology adjusted for SGS-estimated long-term discouraged…
Big Lies, Little Lies
Paul Craig Roberts VDare If we cannot trust what the government tells us about weapons of mass destruction, terrorist events, and the reasons for its…
Obama calls India creator, not poacher, of US jobs
Reuters image Ben Feller Associated Press MUMBAI, India – Searching for help half a world away, President Barack Obama on Saturday embraced India as the…
Volcker calls Fed plan an “illusion”, won’t boost economy
Kelly Olsen Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker says the U.S. central bank’s plan to buy hundreds of billions…
The Fed’s ‘pact with the devil’ now the only stimulus game in town
Dees Illustration Tom Raum Associated Press WASHINGTON — Any more stimulus spending by President Barack Obama and Congress is dead, after this week’s election blowout…
Applications for jobless aid rise sharply
Christopher S. Rugaber Associated Press WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking jobless benefits jumped sharply last week, after two straight weeks of declines. The…
Why Is Indiana Putting Armed Security Guards Into 36 Unemployment Offices Across The State?
The Economic Collapse Blog Did you ever think that things in America would get so bad that we would need to put armed guards into…
Why Can’t Chuck Get His Business Off The Ground?
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American Job Loss Is Permanent
Paul Craig Roberts VDare Now that a few Democrats and the remnants of the AFL-CIO are waking up to the destructive impact of jobs offshoring on the…
Amidst record unemployment, US companies hoard $1 trillion in cash
Anthony Freda Illustration Reuters U.S. companies are hoarding almost $1 trillion in cash but are unlikely to spend on expanding their business and hiring new…
Are Credit Checks Keeping The Jobless Out Of Work?
Laura Bassett Huffington Post After working for the same railroad for 14 years, never missing a house or car payment, Sammy Bailey says he never…