Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Looking for a New Job? These Are the Best Cities for You
If you’re on the hunt for a good job, think warm thoughts and pack sunglasses.
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Hoping for a Big Raise Next Year? Here’s How Much You’ll Probably Get
A new report sheds light on how big a raise most workers will be getting next year.
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A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over
A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
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The Real Reason Teens Don’t Have Summer Jobs Anymore
Toiling all summer as a camp counselor or lifeguard used to be a rite of passage for American teenagers, but they’ve been dropping out of the labor force for years.
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Women Are Better Investors Than Men. Here Are 3 Reasons Why
Female investors outperform males on average, and new report attributes the better performance to three traits more common in female investors.
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3 New Benefits That Could Be Coming to Your Company
As America flirts with full employment, companies have to work a bit harder to attract workers. A new survey shows that companies are becoming more generous with their benefits packages.
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Are You Being Paid Fairly? Here's How to Find Out
After nearly a decade of stagnation, wages are starting to rise as a strong job market (finally) gives American workers more power in negotiations.
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Do Demographics Dictate Economic Destiny?
A new Morning Consult poll suggests that fewer Americans are spending their tax refunds. Instead, they’re socking the money away or paying off debt.
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The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year
By Janna HerronThe proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
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What Will It Take to Finally Get US Workers’ Pay Growing Again?
Workers of all political stripes must be frustrated by the fact that the economic expansion has yet to deliver the kind of wage gains that have been long promised.
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10 Ridiculously Desperate Job Seekers
By Drew Gannon, The Fiscal TimesHow far would you go for a job? The job search is never fun, but in today’s economic climate it‘s become outright painful. See what 10 candidates did for a job.
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Ranks of the Long-Term Unemployed Mushroom in Grim Economy
Nearly half of all unemployed Americans have been out of work for more than six months, a near-record level that underscores the growing plight of the long-term unemployed and the mounting federal...
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Jobs by the Numbers: What to Expect Tomorrow
By The Fiscal Times StaffTomorrow The Bureau of Labor Statistics will be releasing its latest unemployment figures, and with the steady drum beat of bad economic news, no one is expecting much cause for celebration. The...
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The Lost Grads: Born Into the Wrong Job Market
By Kathy Deveney, The Fiscal TimesUndergrads who got their diplomas during toughest years of the economic downturn are likely to face unemployment, underemployment and depressed wages for years to come. Now they’re facing tough...
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Productivity Push Means End to Carefree Weekends
By Steve Yoder, The Fiscal TimesAs companies tighten payrolls and ask employees to put in more hours rather than hiring more workers, the American weekend could become the latest casualty of the Great Recession.