Posts Tagged ‘jobless’
Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct. (AP)
AP – In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January — across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.
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In elections, jobless trend matters more than rate (AP)
AP – Unemployment is higher than it’s been going into any election year since World War II.
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The fight: Tax cuts, jobless benefits and pipeline (AP)
AP – The White House backed away from a critical veto threat Friday as top Republicans in Congress served noticed they will extend expiring Social Security payroll tax cuts only if President Barack Obama swiftly decides the fate of a proposed oil pipeline that promises thousands of jobs.
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AP Sources: House GOP bill renews jobless benefit (AP)
AP – House Republicans are drafting legislation to renew an expiring unemployment benefits program, officials said Thursday, and intend to add it to a planned extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut due to run out on Dec. 31.
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Congress’ next fights over jobless aid, tax breaks (AP)
AP – Congress’ failed deficit-cutting supercommittee has faded away, but the pressure on lawmakers to quickly confront a stack of expensive economic issues is only growing.
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Economy would suffer if tax cut, jobless aid end (AP)
AP – A tax cut that reaches 160 million Americans and government aid for the long-term unemployed will expire at the end of the year — and suck $165 billion out of the economy next year — unless Congress takes action.
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US added 80,000 jobs in October; jobless rate dips (AP)
AP – The American economy added 80,000 jobs in October, and job growth in the two previous months was much stronger than first thought, an encouraging sign as the nation searches for a way out of the jobs crisis.
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