“When you include the number of people who have quit looking for work because they’re convinced the Obama administration’s economy is so bad they can’t find a job, it jumps up to about 12 percent. When you include the number of people who have part-time jobs who wish they had a full-time job, it’s at 16 percent or 17 percent. I mean, this is an administration which has actually shrunk the workforce fairly dramatically. In the last year, it’s the lowest male participation rate in the labor force since the 1940s — so right after World War II.” Read full article > >

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The unemployment number: Is Gingrich right that it’s flawed?

The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show.

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US job numbers show strong growth

Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the recovery going as new data shows unemployment down to its lowest rate in three years.

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The American people, a small slice of them, have spoken, and they are none too pleased. The rest are yet to be heard, as the men who would be president march West , to caucuses Saturday in Nevada , where the unemployment rate is 13 percent, and then to Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday. Read full article > >

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The government has overestimated the number of people who will be helped back into employment by its work programme, the National Audit Office says.

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Warning over back-to-work scheme

UK unemployment rose by 118,000 in the three months to November to 2.685 million, official figures show.

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UK unemployment continues to rise

Britain is already technically in recession, and unemployment will rise further, economic forecaster the Item Club warns.

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UK in recession, says think tank

FAIRLY OR UNFAIRLY, President Obama gets blamed for economic disappointments on his watch . By the same token, he gets to crow when things go well — whether he deserves credit or not. So he was entitled on Wednesday to trumpet the fact that U.S. manufacturing employment grew by 334,000 jobs over the last two years — the strongest two-year growth since the late 1990s. That’s good news for Mr. Obama’s reelection campaign, for the people who got jobs — and for the country, which had been shedding manufacturing jobs even before the Great Recession. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: A welcome rise in manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

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SCOTUS Exempts Churches From Job Laws

As Greece’s economy plunges and unemployment rises, many Greeks are fleeing to the countryside and looking to the nation’s rich agricultural past as a guide to the future.

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Amid Economic Strife, Greeks Look to Farming Past

There is probably a link between rising levels of youth unemployment in Britain and an increase in migration from eastern Europe, a report suggests.

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Migrants ‘link’ to jobless youths

The US economy created 200,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%, official figures show.

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US economy creates 200,000 jobs

The nation’s gloomy jobs picture continued to brighten in December as employers added 200,000 jobs, pushing the unemployment rate down to 8.5 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday. Private employers added 212,00 jobs, moving the total of private-sector jobs created in 2011 to 1.9 million. Governments, particularly at the local level, cut jobs — 12,000 last month — holding overall job growth for the year to 1.6 million. Read full article > >

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U.S. adds 200,000 jobs in Dec.; unemployment drops to 8.5%

Indications are that the nation’s gloomy jobs picture continues to brighten, but experts disagree on two crucial points: the pace of improvement and whether the recent gain in momentum will continue through 2012. The Labor Department will add a piece to the puzzle Friday when it releases its monthly jobs report offering the official take on what happened last month in the nation’s job market. Read full article > >

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Employment outlook remains mixed

Surging Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has gone from a man of modest income to millionaire since losing his U.S. Senate seat in 2006, earning much of it by working as a conservative commentator on Fox News and advising industry and lobby firms. Santorum earned $1.3 million in 2010 and the first half of 2011, according to his most recent financial disclosure form. The largest chunk of his employment earnings — $332,000 — came from his work as a consultant for groups advocating and lobbying for industry interests. That included $142,500 to help advise a Pennsylvania natural gas firm, Consol Energy, and $65,000 to consult with lobby firm American Continental Group, and its insurance services client. Read full article > >

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Santorum experienced major jump in income after leaving Senate