The Daily Caller

Efforts support GDP, but not labor force

Employers added only 18,000 jobs in June, the fewest in nine months

Economists cautioned that the lower level only reflects one week of data and doesn’t necessarily signal a trend

The Labor Department reported that requests for unemployment benefits are at their lowest point since July of 2008

The administration plans to include the proposal in its budget plan next week

The unemployment rate dropped sharply last month to 9 percent, the lowest level in nearly two years

The index shows that consumer confidence rating jumped to 60.6, up from 53.3 in December

Bernanke is expected to defend plan to buy $600 billion in Treasurys through June

Jump in hiring sends bonds lower and stocks higher

From the start, 2010 delivered a string of setbacks that built up to an electoral shellacking come November, to use the president’s own word

President Obama invited Democrats and Republicans alike to the White House on Friday for the signing of the tax cut extensions

President Barack Obama is having 20 CEOs over for a discussion on jobs

By the end of the first of his three days in India, Obama was promoting $10 billion in trade deals that the White House says will create about 54,000 jobs at home

Employers added 151,000 new jobs in October

To knock down the unemployment rate, growth would need to be at least twice as fast

The economy needs to grow by at least 5 percent for a full year to bring down the unemployment rate by a percentage point, economists estimate

Protests and strikes grind industries to a halt in areas across Europe

The number of people signing up for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in two months, an encouraging sign that companies aren’t resorting to deeper layoffs even as the economy has lost momentum

Not until 2014 or later is the nation expected to have regained all, or nearly all, the 8.4 million jobs lost to the recession

The rate has increased for the first time in four months, with only 67,000 new jobs being added