News
USA Today | Payroll processor changes job tracking methodology
A nationwide payroll processor has changed how it tracks monthly changes in private-sector jobs to better foreshadow the more closely watched monthly employment report.
CNN Money | October jobs report: Hiring increases, unemployment up
Hiring was surprisingly strong in October, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, according to a report released just four days before the presidential election.
Bloomberg | U.S. Solar Job Growth Outshines Rest of Economy, Non-Profit Says
The U.S. solar energy industry added jobs at about eight times the rate of the rest of the economy in the 12 months ended in September, according to a report from the Solar Foundation.
Blogs
CATO | A Four-Picture Indictment: Final Pre-Election Jobs Report Is Not Good News for Obama
In some sense, President Obama is fortunate. I predicted a long time ago that he would win re-election if the unemployment rate was under 8 percent.
