“Jobs Report for August Gives Mixed Reading for U.S. Economy” plus 3 more

Jobs Report for August Gives Mixed Reading for U.S. Economy
Why 100,000 jobs a month won't lower unemployment rate
The Great Jobs Depression Worsens, and the Choice Ahead Grows Starker
Jobless Rate Rises to 9.6% as Another 54,000 Jobs Are Lost

Jobs Report for August Gives Mixed Reading for U.S. Economy

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 06:05 PM PDT

Listen to the Audio The August jobs report released Friday showed that the private sector added 67,000 jobs but jobless numbers still remain grim with the U.S. unemployment rate rising slightly to 9.6 percent. All the while, President Obama urges the public to be patient and insists his policies are working -- just slower than hoped. JIM LEHRER: The August jobs report turned out a mixed bag of ...

Why 100,000 jobs a month won't lower unemployment rate

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 04:58 PM PDT

The US has averaged about 100,000 new jobs a month for eight months. Good, right? Well, the US is growing, and 100,000 jobs aren't enough for the new people coming into the workforce.

The Great Jobs Depression Worsens, and the Choice Ahead Grows Starker

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 01:44 PM PDT

by Robert Reich The Great Jobs Depression continues to worsen. The Labor Department reports this morning that companies created ony 67,000 new jobs in August. That's down from the 107,000 they created in July. And because the government laid off temporary Census workers, the economy as a whole lost 54,000 jobs. To put this into perspective, we need 125,000 net new jobs a month just to keep up ...

Jobless Rate Rises to 9.6% as Another 54,000 Jobs Are Lost

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 12:23 PM PDT

Private employers added 67,000 jobs, more than forecast, but governments shed jobs in August as the jobless rate rose to 9.6 percent.