Topic: unemployment

Huge Sighs of Relief as Unemployment Falls Again — and the Markets Soar

In this Thursday, April 11, 2013 photo, people wait in line before the Dr. King Career Fair at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months.
AP Photo/Mike Groll

After having expectations significantly lowered by a week of depressing numbers, the monthly jobs report came in on Friday as a pleasant surprise. Here's all the good news, and why the sequester hasn't brought the economy to a stop. Indeed, the markets are loving this news.

By Alex Eichler

Mar 4, 2011

Unemployment Dips Below 9% for the First Time Since 2009

February's numbers add up to a fairly bright forecast

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