Geithner Predicts Job Growth in Spring December 23, 2009 No Comments on Geithner Predicts Job Growth in Spring Post View 0 Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appeared this morning on ABC's "Good Morning America" to discuss the economic recovery. His message was one of cautious optimism. While…
Minnesota’s Falling Jobless Rate Nothing to Get Excited About October 16, 2009 No Comments on Minnesota’s Falling Jobless Rate Nothing to Get Excited About Post View 0 Minnesota experienced a .7% reduction in its jobless rate last month, falling from 8% to 7.3%. On the surface, this looks like good news for…
Job Losses Slow and GDP Decline Smaller than Expected September 30, 2009 No Comments on Job Losses Slow and GDP Decline Smaller than Expected Post View 0 This is one of those good news/bad news situations. The good news is that few jobs were cut in the last month than any month…
Unemployment up While Job Losses Slow September 4, 2009 No Comments on Unemployment up While Job Losses Slow Post View 0 Unemployment for August rose to 9.7% after falling slightly in July to 9.4%, even as the job loss rate slowed. Hard as it may be…