News
Bloomberg | U.S. Unemployment Falls to 8.5% as Jobs Gain
U.S. employers added more workers to payrolls than forecast in December and the jobless rate declined to an almost three-year low, showing that the labor market gained momentum heading into 2012.
Econ Comments
Daily Caller | Guns create jobs
In New Hampshire, the gun issue isn’t just about the Second Amendment and freedom. More than 2,000 state residents are employed by firearms and defense-related manufacturers.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | What the New Obama Labor Board Means for Workers and Employers
Unions have now turned to the NLRB to boost their ranks—even though the NLRB is supposed to serve as a neutral arbitrator between unions and employers.
Calculated Risk | Employment Summary, Part Time Workers, and Unemployed over 26 Weeks
There were 200,000 payroll jobs added in December. This included 212,000 private sector jobs added, and 12,000 government jobs lost. The unemployment rate fell to 8.5% from a revised 8.7% in November.
