Even a deep recession in Europe wouldn't be sufficient to snuff out the U.S. recovery completely.
Moran Zhang
Oct 25, 2012
Official figures show the U.K. economy grew by 1 percent, with 0.2 percent of the growth coming from the Olympic Games.
Oliver Tree
Oct 25, 2012
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday stuck to its plan to keep stimulating the U.S. economy until the job market improves and repeated its vow to keep rates near zero until mid-2015.
Joseph Lazzaro
Oct 24, 2012
The unemployment rate declined in September in most "swing" or battleground states for the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. DOL announced Friday.
Joseph Lazzaro
Oct 19, 2012
Asian stock markets mostly declined Friday as the disappointing quarterly earnings from the U.S. blue chips and an unexpected jump in initial jobless claims weighed on the sentiment.
Satya Nagendra Padala
Oct 19, 2012
More Americans than expected applied for unemployment benefits last week.
Moran Zhang
Oct 18, 2012
During the presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York, Long Islanders were concerned about the unemployment rate and gas prices.
Maria Vultaggio
Oct 16, 2012
Asian stock markets were mixed Monday as concerns over weak corporate earnings and inconclusive Chinese economic data weighed on the sentiment.
Satya Nagendra Padala
Oct 15, 2012
Lindsay Lohan joined the ranks of Stacey Dash and announced her support for presidential candidate Mitt Romney due to her unemployment concerns.
Nadine DeNinno
Oct 12, 2012
Most of the Asian stocks rose Friday with investor sentiment turning positive as a drop in the U.S. jobless claims indicated an improvement in the labor market in the world’s largest economy.
Bhaskar Prasad
Oct 12, 2012
The Labor Dept. said the number of Americans lining up for new jobless benefits fell sharply in the last week to their lowest level since February 2008.
Moran Zhang
Oct 11, 2012
Australia is losing jobs to other countries, and the reason may be surprising: China isn't growing as fast as it used to.
Jacey Fortin
Oct 11, 2012
Stock markets in Asia are expected to begin the week on a positive note after official data Friday showed that the U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to a near four-year low in September.
Satya Nagendra Padala
Oct 06, 2012
The September unemployment rate fell to its lowest point since President Obama took office, but Mitt Romney says: Don't celebrate.
Ashley Portero
Oct 05, 2012
The national unemployment rate dipped below 8 percent in September; Obama travels to Virginia and Ohio; liberals say Obama needs to take a stronger position on Social Security.
Ashley Portero
Oct 05, 2012
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, the lowest since Barack Obama became president in January 2009.
Moran Zhang
Oct 05, 2012
The U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open Friday ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' nonfarm payrolls report and unemployment report.
Bhaskar Prasad
Oct 05, 2012
Friday's jobs report probably won't be dramatic enough to alter the direction of the U.S. presidential race.
Moran Zhang
Oct 04, 2012
Renowned for their automobile culture, the economic crisis has led Italians to buy more bicycles than their beloved cars.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 03, 2012
The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank, lowered its benchmark interest rate on a sudden -- and unexpected -- gloomy labor market view.
Eleazar David Meléndez
Oct 02, 2012
For the second month in a row, Spain's already high unemployment level increased as tourist season ended and layoffs in the service sector boosted joblessness to nearly 24 percent.
Mike Obel
Oct 02, 2012
Poland was the only European Union nation to make it through the recession without seeing its economy shrink. Can it keep this pace up?
Connor Adams Sheets
Sep 29, 2012