Unemployment Rate Dips, Economy Adds 117,000 Jobs By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press, August 5, 2011 Hiring picked up slightly in July and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.1 percent, an optimistic sign after the worst day on Wall Street in nearly three years. The Labor Department says employers...
Economy Loses 85K Jobs in Dec., Unemployment at 10 Percent January 7, 2010, Washington Post The nation shed 85,000 jobs in December, worse than expected, according to a government report released Friday that suggests the economic recovery still is too weak to lead employers to add to their payrolls....
Recession eases; GDP dip smaller than expected July 31, 2009, Associated Press WASHINGTON – The economy sank at a pace of just 1 percent in the second quarter of the year, a new government report shows. It was a better-than-expected showing that provided the strongest signal yet that the longest...