High Rates of Joblessness and the Deficit Isabel Sawhill reacts to President Obama's speech on creating jobs and the economy, delivered at Brookings. She concludes that by proposing and then enacting key fiscal restraints now and then gradually phasing...

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report In the week ending Dec. 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 474,000, an increase of 17,000 from the previous week's unrevised figure of 457,000. The 4-week moving average was...

High unemployment: A fact of life for American Indians In Economic Performance, Recession/Stimulus, Race and Ethnicity, Economic Status, Wages and Living Standards, Jobs, Unemployment Insurance

Changes Needed to Reduce Volatility in California's Workers' Compensation Insurance Market California's workers' compensation insurance market will remain vulnerable to wide swings in performance unless changes are made to improve the predictability of...

The Meaning of the Jobs Report Martin Baily examines the latest jobs report, concluding that it was much better than expected and hence increases the chances that a strong or at least solid recovery is underway. However, he cautions that it is too...