News
Gallup | In U.S., Fewer Young Adults Holding Full-Time Jobs in 2013
Fewer Americans aged 18 to 29 worked full time for an employer in June 2013 (43.6%) than did so in June 2012 (47.0%), according to Gallup's Payroll to Population employment rate. The P2P rate for young adults is also down from 45.8% in June 2011 and 46.3% in June 2010.
Bloomberg | Euro Jobless Rate Seen at Record Even as Recession Ends
Euro-region unemployment probably stayed at a record high in June even as the economy emerged from the longest recession since the single currency’s creation, economists said.
WSJ | Cities Begin Hiring Again
Cities across the U.S. are starting to hire new teachers, firefighters and police officers as a deep and prolonged slide in local-government employment appears to have bottomed out four years after the recession ended.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Fortune | America's hourly wage battle heats up
Thousands of low-wage workers in several cities are planning a walkout this week to demand bigger paychecks.
