A less volatile measure of initial jobless claims fell to its lowest level since the early days of the 2007-09 recession.
Job cuts this year have been driven by a handful of large-scale cuts. So here's a list of the top 10 major layoff announcements we saw in 2012.
Claims are now below pre-Sandy levels and near their lowest point in about four years.
The chairman attempted to clarify new guidance from the Fed, but the more things were explained, the more complicated they became.
The Fed Wednesday announced a new round of monetary easing and, in a historic turn, tied future actions to a numerical jobless target.
Even in China's red-hot economy, recent graduates aren't securing jobs. But it's not always because they can't find them.
South Korea’s unemployment rate in November remained unchanged from that in October but grew at a slower pace than expected.
Average salaries in developed countries are expected to have risen by no more than inflation in 2012.
U.S. payrolls expanded last month and unemployment fell, but some economists expect November's positive numbers to be revised down.
U.S. employers last month created 146,000 jobs, far more than analysts expected, slashing unemployment to 7.7%.
The U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' unemployment report.
Crude oil prices advanced slightly and hovered above $86 a barrel during the Asian trading hours Friday.
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Initial jobless claims fell for a third straight week last week, but still remain volatile.
Idiosyncratic events in Nov. likely hurt the U.S.'s slow, but steady, job market recovery from the depths of the Great Recession.
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Superstorm Sandy will likely put dent in the November jobs report.
If you’re familiar with Mercer’s annual Quality of Living surveys, the 2012 winner should come as no surprise.
No, another ECB interest rate cut is not coming in December.
Demonstrators in the Tunisian town of Siliana are protesting unemployment as Ennahda struggles to align itself.
The ‘American Dream’ is dead – or at best, suspended.
The initial jobless claims statistic is still being distorted by the hurricane that inflicted enormous damage on the northeast U.S.