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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
WSJ | April Job Openings Declined
The U.S. had 3 million job openings at the end of April, the Labor Department reported Tuesday, down slightly from March's 3.1 million vacancies. That tick downward suggests that worries about the economy led businesses to take more conservative stances.

Econ Comments                                                                                                             
Washington Times | LAMBRO: Mayday over May unemployment
Desperate Obama eyes Reagan tax cuts to save economy and re-election.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
EconLog | PSST and Long-term Unemployment
...relative to the Great Depression, a higher percentage of the unemployed have been out of work more than six months, as opposed to a higher percentage of total workers have been out of work for more than six months.