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Friday, January 11, 2013

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
FOX Business | Ford to Hire 2,200 U.S. Workers in 2013
Ford is hiring 2,200 salaried workers and thousands of more hourly workers in the U.S. as it moves forward with an aggressive hiring plan aimed at helping the company expand its fleet.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Washington Times | Effective unemployment among young people: 16.3 percent
It is a little-known fact that in the 2012 election, 18- to 29-year-olds, who turned out in even greater numbers than in the youth-driven 2008 election, shifted a whopping 11 points away from President Obama, making millennials the single-largest swing demographic. Historically, this was the greatest decline in support among this age group for any president who has been re-elected.
Washington Times | Another lost year for America’s workers
President Obama’s decision to name Jack Lew, his chief of staff and former budget director, to be his Treasury secretary sent a depressing signal that the economy and jobs won’t be his highest priority in a second term.