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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Rough Unemployment Road for Men Could Be Ending
While women fared much better than men throughout the recession, the gap in the unemployment rates between men and women is beginning to narrow as more and more men are going back to work.
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<em>The Company Men</em>: Too Early for a Recession Drama?
By Blaire Briody, The Fiscal TimesThe Company Men is one of the first few attempts to capture the Great Recession on the big screen, but does America want to watch?
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Need a Job? Better Buff Up Your Network Profile
By Blaire Briody, The Fiscal TimesAs unemployment rose to 9.8 percent in November, online networking has grown increasingly important for job seekers. A bare-boned or non-existent profile could cost you a job.
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Faith in the Fed: QE2 Will Not Spur Inflation
By Mark ThomaAlthough the economy appears to have finally turned the corner, most analysts foresee a very slow, agonizing recovery ahead, particularly for employment . In light of this, the Fed has initiated an...
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Holiday Hiring Strong, but Jobless Rate Remains
By Blaire Briody, The Fiscal TimesConsumer spending is up, and with it comes more holiday hiring. But the competition for a temporary job this season remains stiff.