Unemployment Rate

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar posted its worst week against the yen in a year on Friday as volatility in stocks and uncertainty about the outlook for U.S. monetary policy spurred investors to pare back bets against the Japanese currency. Some...

The unemployment rate in Washington County fell from 8.2 percent in March to 7.8 percent in April, reflecting the same rate reported in April 2012, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington. The improving employment picture is helping to prop up housing,...

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington. Initial claims for state...

* Weekly jobless claims fall 23,000 * Four-week average of claims slip 500 * Continuing claims below 3 mln for first time in five years By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits...

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims, dropped last week by 23,000 to 340,000, more than expected, the Labor Department said Thursday. The drop in the seasonally adjusted to a point below 350,000 claims, figure points to resilience...

WASHINGTON -- Initial unemployment claims dropped back to a level indicating moderate job growth last week after a spike the previous week raised alarms about the labor market recovery. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first...

Perrin Crews recently graduated from the University of Mississippi with degrees in political science and Spanish. Despite academic accomplishments that included enrollment in the Barksdale Honors College at Ole Miss, he is not immediately headed into...

Two weeks ago, Pete Waterman spray painted a large plywood sign and propped it on his lawn near a bunch of tractors. "Good help wanted." "To me, 'help wanted' didn't quite explain what I was looking for," said Waterman, a fourth-generation dairy...

Unlike many Americans, Ruby Harley didn’t lose work during the recession. In fact, the Inwood, W.Va., woman gained work — holding two jobs at the same time before the recession, three jobs simultaneously during the recession and two jobs now....

Housing continues to drag down the local economy, pushing South Florida to becoming the fourth-most financially distressed metro area in the country in the first three months of this year, up from No. 5 in the previous quarter, according to a study...

University of North Florida economist Paul Mason has been tracking figures that impact the First Coast economy for 12 years, but he's never seen the housing market jump like it did between March and April. "We saw a monumental increase in the housing...