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Posted on: Friday, March 5, 2010
Spring Recovery?
Spring Recovery?

Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that in February the economy lost 36,000 jobs, an increase of 10,000 compared to January, yet the nation’s unemployment rate stayed steady at 9.7%

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Posted on: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Economic Snapshot
Economic Snapshot

Continued unemployment is seen to be the cause of the drop in consumer confidence, Twenty thousand Americans lost their jobs in January, despite a marginal easing of the unemployment rate to 9.7%.

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Posted on: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Home Construction Rises
Home Construction Rises

Compared to last year that’s a 21% rise. December’s housing starts were also revised upward.
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Posted on: Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy New Year
Happy New Year

When we look back on 2009, we see a year where missteps along the way could have plunged the world into another Great Depression. Picture a traditionalist like Herbert Hoover in charge. AIG, Citicorp, Bank of America, General Motors and Chrysler would have been left to fail. Millions more would now be out of work. [...]

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Unemployment Hits Hard
Unemployment Hits Hard

Drilling down to the local level, the picture remains bleak for many communities across the country. In California, the state with the most number of foreclosures, some areas have unemployment on a par with the Great Depression.

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Obama Tackles Unemployment
Obama Tackles Unemployment

President Obama proposed that Congress establish homeowner incentives to retrofit homes so that they become more energy efficient.

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Posted on: Monday, October 5, 2009
Unemployment Rise Slows Recovery
Unemployment Rise Slows Recovery

Reacting to the figures, Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Finance Committee, introduced new legislation Friday that would provide four additional weeks of unemployment insurance in all states

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