News
CNN Money | Jobless claims point to slow hiring
Claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, but overall, they point to the same slow hiring in the U.S. economy that's persisted for nearly two years.
CNN Money | Home Depot to hire 80,000 for spring
Home Depot is making its yearly hiring push, aiming to fill more than 80,000 jobs for its busiest season.
CNN Money | Black workers' unemployment gap
Though blacks' job prospects have improved from the depths of the Great Recession, they still suffer from disproportionately high unemployment.
Econ Comments & Analysis
CNBC | Jobless Rate Won't Fall to 6.5% Until Mid-2015: Fed's Evans
The Federal Reserve has the appropriate policies in place right now and will remain accommodative until the economy improves, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans told CNBC in an interview on Thursday.
AEI | Public cuts lead to more private employment
It is undeniable that the unemployment rate would be lower, and the recovery more pronounced, if fewer government jobs had been cut. But if the private sector is "doing fine," as President Obama famously said, could one reason be those losses in state and local jobs? The answer is yes.
