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U.S. Jobs Report Shows Highest Layoff Total in Four Years

The U.S. jobs report showed 105,696 pink slips were handed out last month as job cuts skyrocketed to the highest level in four years....

U.S. Labor Department Jobs Report: Big Gains in June, but Still Lagging Behind

Optimism surrounded Thursday's release of the June U.S. Labor Department Jobs Report, but although the numbers were better than expected, we...

Dow Jones Futures Up After Record Finish; Plus FB, AMZN, GM and These Top Stories

Stock market today, July 3, 2014: Dow Jones futures edged higher this morning (Thursday) by 0.1%, following a DJI...

Five Important Things Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen Said to Congress Today

On Tuesday morning, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke before...

This Trend in the U.S. Economy Is Putting Your Job at Risk - But Can Make You Rich

The biggest, and most ignored, trend in the U.S. economy is the...

U.S. Unemployment: Three Million Jobs in America are Waiting to be Filled

There is another side to the U.S. unemployment problem: Believe it or not, there are three million jobs going...

Has Sequestration Saved the U.S. Economy?

There's a Jamaican saying, "the higher the monkey climbs up the tree, the more his butt is exposed."

The point being that the...

Can Wall Street Continue to Rally Without the U.S. Economy?

We haven't stepped into the Twilight Zone, but it certainly seems that way when stocks are hitting historic highs yet the economy is still so...

U.S. Economy to Get Jolt from 1.2 Million Homebuilding Jobs

An accelerating rebound in new home construction over the next two years should finally give the

U.S. Jobs Report: How Unemployment is Really 14%

Employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, according to the U.S. jobs report released Friday, hiring at the slowest pace since June 2012....

The Great American Rebound Has Just Begun

The U.S. manufacturing renaissance is not just a fantasy - it is actually happening. Jobs that had been outsourced to China and elsewhere really...

U.S. Economy: "Recovery" Doesn't Fool Struggling Americans

The government's numbers - primarily the monthly data on unemployment and inflation - tell the story of a slow but gradual recovery by the

The Frightening Financial Crisis Facing Young Americans

Young Americans are falling deeper and deeper into a financial crisis that will be nearly impossible to escape from in their...

Here's What a Jump in Pickup Sales Says About the U.S. Economy

Rapidly increasing sales of Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F)...

Why the Spending Cuts Battle Looks Uglier Than Fiscal Cliff Fight

Washington's rushed fiscal cliff deal failed to resolve half of the issue at hand: what to do about the $1.2 trillion in automatic

What the December U.S. Jobs Report Tells Us About 2013

The December U.S. jobs report released Friday showed the country's...

U.S. Jobs Report: What to Expect from December

The ADP employment report out today (Thursday) offered a glimpse of what to expect Friday in the December U.S. jobs report from the Labor...

Why Inflation is the Economy's "Iceberg" in 2013

Even though Ben Bernanke's Fed has kept interest rates close to zero,

How a Port Strike Would Slam the U.S. Economy in 2013

In the final hours to reach a deal, progress was made today (Friday) in averting a port strike that could cripple most major ports along the U.S....

U.S. Economy 2013 to Get Boost from Offshored Jobs Coming Home

The U.S. economy in 2013 should get a badly needed push from the acceleration of an improbable trend - the return of offshored manufacturing jobs...