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Weekly Jobless Claims Fall 15K
09 Feb 2012
The number of Americans filing initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 15,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 358,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. ...
Budget deficit shrinks to $349…
07 Feb 2012
…a combination of factors. Corporate and individual income tax revenue is up, while spending on Medicaid , unemployment benefits and other programs is down. The CBO continues to project that the deficit for 2012 will hit roughly $1.1… ...
Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.3 Percent
03 Feb 2012
…Krueger added. "Most importantly, we need to extend the payroll tax cut and continue to provide emergency unemployment benefits through the end of this year and take the additional steps that President Obama proposed in his State of the… ...
US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall 12K
02 Feb 2012
US jobless claims dropped by 12,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 367,000 in the week ended Jan. 28, the Labor Department said Thursday. ...
26 Jan 2012
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose again last week. ...
26 Jan 2012
US jobless claims climbed by 21,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 377,000 in the week ended Jan. 21, the US Labor Department said Thursday. ...
19 Jan 2012
…higher Thursday following a decline in applications for unemployment benefits and strong earnings reports from Bank of America Corp…
…in late morning trading. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level since April 2008…
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US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall 50K
19 Jan 2012
The number of Americans filing initial claims for regular state unemployment benefits fell by 50,000 to a seasonally adjusted 352,000, the Labor Department said Thursday, hitting the lowest level since April 2008. ...
House approves insurance rate freeze
18 Jan 2012
…increase would have been closer to 31 percent. Employers are required to pay into a trust fund that helps cover unemployment benefits for laid-off workers. Businesses said raising the unemployment insurance rate would hurt companies when the… ...
Congress Returns For Battle On Taxes
17 Jan 2012
…tax cut. Congress faces a Feb. 29 deadline to extend the popular tax break, as well as a program to prolong unemployment benefits. To fund the extension, Democrats had proposed a surtax on millionaires, while Republicans wanted to cut… ...
Stocks Nudge Up; S&P Continues Streak
12 Jan 2012
…offsetting weakness in energy. Stocks recovered from early-session losses that followed disappointing readings on weekly jobless claims, December US retail sales and November business inventories. Financial stocks, which have been among the market's strongest… ...
US Weekly Jobless Claims Rise 24K
12 Jan 2012
The number of Americans filing initial claims for regular state unemployment benefits rose by 24,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 399,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. ...
Unemployment rate falls to 8.5 pct.
06 Jan 2012
…coincides with other positive data that show the economy ended the year with some momentum. Weekly applications for unemployment benefits have fallen to levels last seen more than three years ago. Holiday sales were solid. And November and December… ...
05 Jan 2012
…Republicans with the wrangling over the extension of his Social Security tax holiday stimulus and funding for extended unemployment benefits. Democrats were able to splinter the House Republican caucus and pit the House GOP and their Senate counterparts… ...
Weekly Jobless Claims Fell Last Week
05 Jan 2012
The number of Americans filing initial claims for regular state unemployment benefits fell 15,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 372,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. ...
Obama Has Learned Nothing From…
02 Jan 2012
…Security income, alimony, child support, Veterans Administration (VA) benefits, welfare payments, and unemployment benefits. Is this really how we want mortgage lending to operate? It was bad enough that the lenders were forced during… ...
30 Dec 2011
…absence of any major economic data Friday. The government said Thursday that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits each week has dropped by 10 percent since January and pending home sales jumped to their highest point in a… ...
Saving the Middle Class -- An…
29 Dec 2011
…Washington must better grasp statecraft and rethink approaches to free trade. Taxing the rich to finance longer unemployment benefits or a $20 a week payroll tax holiday are palliatives. To create enough high quality jobs and sustain the middle… ...
29 Dec 2011
The number of Americans who filed requests for jobless benefits rose by 15,000 last week to 381,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. ...
Falling Jobs Claims Tough To Ignore
25 Dec 2011
While it is a bit of a stretch to say that economists are snug in their beds with visions of jobless claims dancing in their heads, there is no denying they are growing more excited about the improvement in claims over the past month… ...
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The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose again last week.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012
The economy is no doubt a major factor in the presidential race. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's strong win in New Hampshire has been attributed in part to his stance on fixing the current volatile economic situation. Financial expert Chuck Zodda of the Armstrong Advisory Group stopped ...
“…what we all they're projected to come in at 300 -- 5000 jobless claims for the week. Increased to 399. Dollars. Higher than it back to now one thing that I do wanna -- It is …”
Get ready to see a smaller paycheck in 2012.
“…because. -- We're going to be an extension of the unemployment benefits. . Now one thing to remember the Republicans are being blamed for this because they didn't want to pass the unemployment and I …”
Former State Treasurer Joe Malone, now a partner with Plymouth Rock Financial, and Scott Harshbarger, former State Attorney General and now Senior Counsel to the firm at Proskauer, joined FOX 25 Morning News from our Beacon Hill studio.
“…deal that temporarily then those payroll tax cut the president wanted. And unemployment benefits for -- figure John Mayer and women up so fast. Got to turn up his nose at his Republican brethren in the …”
Manage Your Money: Barry Armstrong
We’ve reached the end of the year and the folks in Washington can't seem to make up their minds about our tax rates and other key financial information that affects millions of Americans.
“…put the pipeline which in their out of politics meet its. Of unemployment benefits what do you think that -- point of this is really interest -- now that Democrat. Adding that they don't think. That …”
BOSTON - Mark Ockerbloom talks with O'Neill and Associates' Cosmo Macero. The question on tap today: where are Massachusetts jobs?
“…down side yesterday pretty much. And today in the Green you know jobless claims was a big number they came out in. Every month lull I'd look at that outlook close marking up. -- that new …”
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