Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Long term unemployment

  • The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that more than 40 percent of America's unemployed have been out of work for six months or more.
  • (Think Progress)
  • As conditions ripen for a bottom in housing in 2013, I am more frequently reviewing the on-going dynamics of the unfolding recovery in employment.
  • (Seekingalpha.com)
  • Although California's 10.
  • (Orange County Register)
  • Orders to factories rebounded by a solid 1.
  • (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
  • The rise in 401(k) withdrawals, loans and cash-outs among African Americans and Hispanics represents a major setback for their long-term retirement security In 2010, the unemployment rate was 16% for African Americans and 12.
  • (USA Today)
  • Orders to factories bounced back by a solid 1.
  • (AP - msnbc.com)
  • During the Depression, that meant make-work jobs for millions of the long-term unemployed. There was a time when natural unemployment was roughly 2 percent and a rise resulted in cries of bipartisan alarm. Times have changed.
  • (Standard-Times)
  • Slifer called this current strain of long-term structural unemployment "disturbing." "One, I think theres some sort of stigma attached from being out of work for a year or two," he said. "Employers are just going to look at you differently.
  • (The Post and Courier)
  • "There are plenty of communities that have struggled with high unemployment," he said. "There are families that have had long-term unemployment over that timeframe. … A great number of hardships and difficulties have occurred.
  • (The News & Observer)

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