unemployment
Today in labor history: Wall Street crash of 1929
October 29, 2013The Wall Street Crash was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the U.S. Iit signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries.
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Jobless rate drops slightly in September
October 22, 2013The U.S. unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percent from August to September, to 7.2 percent, the BLS said. The partial federal shutdown/lockout sent all of the BLS staff home in the first two weeks of October and...
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Obama picks full-employment advocate Yellen to head Federal Reserve
October 9, 2013President Obama has nominated Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve vice chair, to run the Federal Reserve, the most important central bank in the world.
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Sudanese rise up against massive price hikes, repression
September 27, 2013Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and neighboring Omdurman, as well as Port Sudan and other parts of the country, are being rocked by mass protests and government repression, with the loss of at least 70 lives so far...
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To ease or not to ease, that is Fed’s question
September 4, 2013The Jackson Hole conference attended by many of the world's top economists, central bankers and policy makers revealed divisions over current Fed stimulus policy.
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