News
Market Watch | U.S. jobless claims show little improvement
Slighter fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but there appeared to be no improvement in hiring trends across the nation.
Econ Comments & Analysis
WSJ | Hard Unemployment Truths About 'Soft' Skills
At a recent dinner in Washington, D.C., with representatives from major American manufacturing companies, I listened as the talk turned to how hard it is to find qualified applicants for jobs.
Blogs
Library of Economics | Long-Run Unemployment at Low Inflation: Dourado vs. Akerlof-Dickens-Perry
Around 40 percent of the unemployed have been unemployed for six months or longer. And the mean duration of unemployment is even longer, around 40 weeks, which means that the distribution has a high-duration tail.
