US recovery 'not helping workers'
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The benefits of the US recovery are not trickling through to many working families, a report from an American think tank claims.
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A weak report on retail sales, a key element of US economic activity, fueled nagging doubts about whether a so-called &quot;soft patch&quot; for the US economy is lingering.
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The ranks of Americans filing initial claims for jobless pay shrank by more than expected last week to 323,000, government data showed on Wednesday, while continued claims fell to a 3-1/2 year low in more good news for the US labor
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Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods from US factories eked out a tepid gain in September, according to a report Wednesday, offering a mixed view of the nation&#39;s recovering economy.
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The number of people filing an initial claim for US jobless aid fell by a larger-than-expected 25,000 last week, the government said on Thursday in a report seen as a good sign for job growth.
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US businesses added 96,000 jobs to payrolls in September, the government has reported, a weaker-than-expected total that is expected to sharpen a presidential debate later in the day over the economy&#39;s direction.
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The economic expansion that began six years ago has failed to benefit most workers, according to a report from the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute, released Monday.
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The latest economic data point to an acceleration in the US economy after the weakest growth in over four years, but some analysts say a full recovery is not yet in sight.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of US workers filing for first-time jobless benefits fell sharply last week, government data showed yesterday, but the decline was smaller than expected, and economists say layoffs remained elevated because of winter storms.
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The U.S. government needs to do a better job of supporting and training IT and other workers who have lost jobs to offshore outsourcing, two economists on the opposite side of the offshoring debate said Tuesday.
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What happened to the economic recovery? The economy is supposed to be creating more jobs than are being revealed in the monthly non-farm payroll reports.
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Issuing an economic report that could have a strong political impact, the Labor Department said Friday that US employers created 96,000 jobs in September, far fewer than most economists had expected.
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The number of U.S. workers filing for first-time jobless benefits fell a smaller-than-expected 27,000 last week, as storms in many parts of the country failed to generate new claims, a government report showed on Thursday.
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U.S. factory activity in the  mid-Atlantic region grew slower than expected in July after a  surprise surge in June, and initial claims last week for U.S.  jobless benefits fell to a two-month low, a survey and a report  showed on Thursday.
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A weaker-than-anticipated report on the US labor market, showing just 112,000 jobs added in November, disappointed some but confirms a still-sluggish pace of US economic growth, analysts said.
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Rescuers fail to find six US men missing in a mine collapse after a sixth rescue attempt, mine officials say.
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U.S. factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region grew slower than expected in July after a surprise surge in June, and initial claims last week for U.S. jobless benefits fell to a two-month low, a survey and a report showed on Thursday.