UNEMPLOYMENT

All things being equal, raising the minimum wage would have either no effect on jobs or would actually increase the total number of jobs.

There were 125,000 fewer unemployed people in the last quarter of 2013 in the UK compared to the previous quarter.

Now that the shutdown is over, Americans aren't concerned about Washington gridlock. They've shifted focus back to the economy.

Robert Gordon published a paper explaining why the American economy is going to be slower, on average, in the next few decades than it has been in the last century.

In prepared remarks, there were few surprises in the new fed chairwoman's initial address to Congress.

Gambling is legal only in Atlantic City, but there has been talk of expanding the industry elsewhere in the Garden State.

Five years into the recovery after the financial crisis, the U.S. economy still is not creating enough jobs.

While the stage looks set for a higher open, jobs data for January will be key.

Six years after the housing-bubble burst that sank Spain into recession, the bottom still hasn't been reached.

Because of benefits from Obamacare, 2.3 million Americans may opt not to work full-time by 2021. Republican anger is misguided.

Economists aren't very confident about their estimates because January is the month with the largest seasonal adjustment factor.

While the latest jobless rate is higher than it was last December it has been stable since October.

U.S. growth over the second half of the year came in at a 3.7 percent pace, up sharply from 1.8 percent in the first six months of the year.

Europe’s largest economy employed 42 million people at the end of last year.

Government has often positively shaped the course of American history, but Obama's plan isn't a part of that history.

Employees at U.S. magazine publisher Time Inc. are being hit with yet another round of layoffs.

With an annual GDP of some $1.9 trillion, California ranks as the eighth largest economy in the world (roughly similar to the economic output of India or Italy).

Nebraska has nation's highest rate of black homicide victimization, according VPC.

If you think it's impossible for the U.S. economy to ever record GDP growth above 5%, think again.

More than one-fifth (21.2 percent) of city residents lived below the poverty line as of 2012.

As Congress debates a $6.8 billion package to extend emergency jobless benefits, here’s some sobering data.