by Dave Johnson | Jun 4, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Evan as Washington ignores jobs bills and slashes help for long-term unemployed workers the economy may be starting to fall back. The economy added 431,000 jobs in May, but 411,000 of those were temporary census workers. Compare this to last month when businesses...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 3, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Today ADP reported that private-sector jobs may have increased by 55,000 last month. (ADP is able to make this estimate because the company processes 1 of every 6 paychecks nationwide.) Meanwhile the Labor Department reported that initial claims for unemployment...
by Terrance Heath | May 28, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
The change agenda at America's Future NOW! REGISTER NOW for AFN 2010 The deficit fear mongers are right that America faces a deficit that threatens to cripple our economy and foreclose on the futures of millions of Americans. They just have the wrong deficit. That's...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 27, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The jobs deficit is our No. 1 domestic economic priority, but today members of both houses of Congress behaved as if it's no big deal. The House was scheduled today to vote on a jobs and tax extenders bill after Democratic leaders cut back the size of the bill to...
by Terrance Heath | May 27, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Like the college professor he is, Dr. Bernard Anderson, member of the National Urban League President's Council of Economic Advisors, came to this weeks "Putting America Back To Work" forum with three points he wanted those gathered to take away with them....
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 27, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Even though House Democrats have cut back on the size of a jobs and tax extenders bill Thursday night, the legislation is still facing uncertainty in both the House and the Senate at this hour. Congress Daily reports that the Blue Dog coalition of conservative...
