Every week, the Department of Labor issues data detailing the number of people who filed for unemployment benefits in the previous week. According to Thursday's report, 385,000 people filed last ...

The unemployment rate was 8.9% in February 2011, down more than a percentage point from its peak in 2009, but about four percentage points higher than before the recession.

The first problem, cyclical unemployment, has a standard list of treatments designed to increase the total volume of goods and services purchased in the economy. The government could buy more ...

Cyclical and structural unemployment In 2014, the unemployment rate fell faster than the Fed expected. However, Fed officials don’t agree on what caused the decline.

The debate on whether the persistently high unemployment rate is due to structural or cyclical factors has risen to the surface--including within the Federal Open Market Committee. As the Federal ...

Women Say They’re More Stressed Out Than Men, Poll Finds. 1 minute read. By Sarah Begley. December 20, 2017 10:57 AM EST. ... Employment was a stronger indicator of stress than unemployment, ...

For U.S. long-term unemployment the split between cyclical and structural factors is closer to 60-40, including during the Great Recession. Series: Working Paper No. 2011/106 Subject: Asset prices ...

The persistently high US unemployment rate is one of those problems that has defied an exact description. There are those who believe that continuing high US Unemployment: A Skills Mismatch or a ...