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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
Market Watch | U.S. jobless claims unchanged at 351,000
Jobless claims in the U.S. were unchanged last week at a seasonally adjusted 351,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
CNN Money | How to save U.S. manufacturing jobs
The United States lost 6 million manufacturing jobs between early 2001 and late 2009. And despite small gains during the last two years, the trend in manufacturing employment for the last 30 years has been downward.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Marginal Revolution | Unemployment Insurance and Disability Applications
More than 8.5 million workers are now collecting disability insurance, in other words almost 6% of the labor force is officially disabled.