News
FOX Business | How Confidence Affects Employment and the Job Hunt
When it comes to getting a job, confidence is key but it’s hard to remain self assured in a persistently weak labor market.
Bloomberg | U.S. Payrolls Rose in January After Jumping at End of 2012
Hiring increased in January after accelerating more than previously estimated at the end of 2012, evidence the U.S. labor market was making progress even as lawmakers quarreled over the federal budget.
WSJ | President's Council on Jobs Is Let Go
President Barack Obama let his jobs council disband Thursday as its two-year charter expired, sparking criticism among Republicans and conservative economists that the group had provided more show than substantive policy.
Blogs
WSJ | Obama’s Jobs Record Looks Better
When President Barack Obama was reelected in November, it was despite the fact that the economy had added a paltry 124,000 jobs since the day he took office. Or at least that’s what we thought at the time.
CATO | The ‘New Normal’ of High Unemployment
I almost feel sorry for the Obama administration’s spin doctors. Every month, they probably wait for the unemployment numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics with the same level of excitement that people on death row wait for their execution date.
