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CNN Money | Jobs: Slow recovery from winter lull
Private sector employers added 191,000 jobs in March, according to payroll processing firm ADP. While it was the strongest job growth in three months, it's not much to write home about.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Mercatus | Shift the Jobs Debate
Many congressional debates over how to improve the economy have centered on whether increased government spending will help create jobs. But in recent months the jobs debate is shifting toward something that could actually help: regulatory reform.
Blogs
Market Watch | Just how high is the part-time unemployment rate compared to normal?
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said Monday that the number of part-time workers who would rather have full-time jobs is “much larger” than normal for an economy with a 6.7% unemployment rate.
WSJ | Orthodontists Earn More Than CEOs: 10 Facts About Wages
The average U.S. orthodontist earns $196,270. The average CEO makes $178,400. Those numbers, released Tuesday by the Labor Department, might come as a shock in some boardrooms. But they probably don’t catch parents of crooked-teeth teenagers off guard. Both positions counted among the nation’s ten best-paying occupations last year, according to a ranking of 821 jobs tracked by the government.
