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Michel Cournoyer
Unemployment in the U.S. | What Can Policy Do?
The U.S. labor market has been reeling since the onset of the Great Recession in December 2007. Public concern has largely focused on the unemployment rate, which rose to double digits and has stalled at more than 8 percent. This rate is unacceptably high, and macroeconomic policy efforts have been unsuccessful in bringing it down write Robert … Continue reading
Brazil | Unemployment rate higher but a record low for the month
Brazil’s jobless rate rose slightly more than expected in March but still marked a record low for the month, adding evidence that the local labor market remains strong to underpin a nascent economic recovery. Brazilian unemployment rate rose to 6.2 percent in March before seasonal adjustments, from a previously reported 5.7 percent in February, the … Continue reading
U.S. Multinationals Creates Jobs Mostly Abroad writes WSJ.com
Thirty-five big U.S.-based multinational companies added jobs much faster than other U.S. employers in the past two years, but nearly three-fourths of those jobs were overseas, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Those companies, which include Wal-Mart Stores Inc., International Paper Co., Honeywell International Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc., boosted their employment at … Continue reading
UPDATE – Ageism | Job-hogging over-50s
BBC News – Should job-hogging over-50s all resign? Too few jobs. Rising unemployment, especially for young people. Here’s a radical solution, says commentator on office and workplace life, Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times (born 1959). Wasting time on the internet recently I came upon a nasty statistic. In the next 10 years, there will … Continue reading
GOP House Minority Leader Jones reacts to Gov. Patrick’s proposition and pushes review of unemployment insurance
House Minority Leader Brad Jones is pushing his own effort to reform the state’s unemployment-insurance system, saying he has little confidence that Gov. Deval Patrick’s hand-picked, Democrat-heavy commission is up to its task. In a budget amendment now on its way to the Senate, Jones (R-North Reading) calls for an 11-member squad that would review … Continue reading
Spain | Unemployment at record level
New figures show that Spanish unemployment levels have hit record levels, with nearly a quarter of the labour force unable to find work. The news comes hours after the country’s credit rating was cut two notches to “BBB+” by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s. According to the new data released on Friday, unemployment levels hit … Continue reading
France | Unemployment Worst Since Sept 1999
Unemployment in France surged to its highest level in over 12 years in March, the labor ministry data showed Thursday, days ahead of the Presidential poll. The number of registered job seekers in the country rose to 2.88 million in March, the highest total since September 1999. The jobless total was up 0.6 percent from … Continue reading
Recession-Proof Industries | Only 2 Industries Have Recovered All The Jobs Lost
Only 2 Industries Have Recovered All The Jobs Lost In The Recession – Business Insider Business Insider looks at the jobs recovery by various industries. The table below shows that the Leisure & Hospitality and Mining industry have recovered all the jobs lost during the Great Recession. The recovery has produced 1.25 million Professional Service jobs, … Continue reading
UPDATE | The cry of an innocent | David Cameron is disappointed by his “remarkable achievement”
Cameron’s Remarkable Achievement – NYTimes.com When David Cameron became PM, and announced his austerity plans — buying completely into both the confidence fairy and the invisible bond vigilantes — many were the hosannas, from both sides of the Atlantic. Pundits here urged Obama to “do a Cameron”; Cameron and Osborne were the toast of Very … Continue reading
Stiglitz reiterates : Austerity Pushes Europe ‘Suicide’
Europe Pushed to ‘Suicide’ on Austerity, Stiglitz Says – Bloomberg Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said Europe is in a “dire” situation as a focus on austerity pushes the continent toward “suicide.” “There has never been any successful austerity program in any large country,” Stiglitz, 69, told reporters in Vienna yesterday. “The European approach definitely … Continue reading
Wage Growth in the U.S. Will Feel Effects of Great Recession for Years to Come | The Conference Board
The Great Recession has confronted U.S. workers with an extended buyer’s market in jobs, according to a new Executive Action Report from The Conference Board, leading to overall wage growth between 2008 and 2010 that was the weakest since the 1960s. Feeling the Pain: Wage Growth in the United States examines prevailing trends in recent … Continue reading
Briggs & Stratton | 460 jobs cut
Briggs & Stratton Corp. said Thursday that it plans to cut about 460 jobs and stop selling gardening products through big retailers as demand for its goods shrinks. The company, which is based in Milwaukee, is shifting some manufacturing work from an Alabama plant to another plant it has in China, or to contractors elsewhere … Continue reading
Germany enlarges coverage of minimum wage
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have agreed plans to introduce a mandatory minimum wage for sectors of the economy that do not already have one, in the latest policy shift to try to win over left-leaning voters before next year’s election. Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) have long opposed a blanket minimum wage, arguing that it … Continue reading
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report : Two in a row dissapointing weeks, not a good sign
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 388,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 389,000. The 4-week moving average was 381,750, an increase of 6,250 from the previous week’s revised average of 375,500. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.6 percent … Continue reading
As Thousand of Teachers Are Laid-off, Education Slowdown Threatens U.S. – WSJ.com
Throughout American history, almost every generation has had substantially more education than that of its parents. That is no longer true. When baby boomers born in 1955 reached age 30, they had about two years more schooling than their parents, according to Harvard University economists Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz, who have calculated the average … Continue reading
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