US unemployment and employment data

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• Fed chair Janet Yellen says income inequality is un-American

  17 Oct 2014: Chair of the US Federal Reserve says increasing inequality runs contrary to American values and undermines mobility

• US adds nearly 250,000 jobs in September as jobless rate dips to 5.9%

  3 Oct 2014: Strong September leads to 5.9% unemployment rate but long-term jobs remain persistent issue for economy eking out growth

• Adelanto: California's inland city that could vanish from the map

  12 Sep 2014: As the city considers what it would mean to disincorporate, its people struggle in the poverty-ridden ‘armpit of the desert’

• US job growth slows to its lowest level this year

  5 Sep 2014:

  Analysts surprised by dip after figures over previous 12 months had risen by average of 212,000 jobs a month

• US unemployment rate falls to 6.1%, but job creation hits eight-month low - live

  5 Sep 2014: Rolling business and financial news, as the US Non-Farm Payroll grows by less than expected in August

• US lags Canada and UK in pay and wages for fast-food workers

  4 Sep 2014: Burger King’s plans to merge with Tim Hortons show how the stark differences of how workers are treated in the US, UK and Canada

• Atlantic City casino closings lead to mass unemployment filing

  3 Sep 2014: Thousands of laid-off dealers, cocktail servers and other workers expected to turn out in New Jersey for mass filing
  

• Unemployment rises in majority of US states in July

  18 Aug 2014: Improving economy encourages more Americans to seek work but not all job-seekers have been able to find employment

• US jobless aid applications rise but claims remain near pre-recession levels

  14 Aug 2014: Weekly applications for unemployment aid climb by 21,000 to a seasonally adjusted 311,000

• Fewer Americans seek unemployment benefits on heels of strong jobs report

  7 Aug 2014: Weekly applications for unemployment aid drop to bring average to the lowest level since before recession began

• The homeless governor: California candidate spends a week in poverty

  31 Jul 2014: Republican candidate for governor recounts ‘hardest week of my life’ and blames underclass plight on government intervention

• US unemployment falls to 6.1% - and should keep on falling

  3 Jul 2014:

  Does the creation of 288,000 new jobs in June and a jobless rate of 6.1% mean we can expect a change in the Fed's policy stance?

• US adds 217,000 new jobs in May but unemployment rate stays flat

  6 Jun 2014: Commerce Department reports most robust pace of change since 1999 but problems remain for teenagers and African Americans

• The fault in our starry-eyed 'recovery': 2014 looks like we're going bust again

  6 Jun 2014: Heidi Moore: Wall Street and Washington hype is just that. Anyone who's really been paying attention knows the truth about the economy

• The US GDP puzzle: is this a temporary drop or something more serious?

  29 May 2014:

  Heidi Moore: Some economists claim the drop in GDP is a minor blip – but it's not altogether clear how the US economy will bounce back

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