This week's economic data have brought few surprises. The economy has weakened in recent months, but perhaps not as much as last week's jobs report suggested. full story ![]()

The American economy continues to add jobs in proportion to population growth. Nothing less, nothing more.
nytimes.com (18 days ago)
The mandatory federal budget cuts don’t seem to account for sluggishness in the labor market — at least, not yet.
nytimes.com (1 month and 15 days ago)
The March numbers fuel the narrative that the unemployment rate is coming down not because the economy is getting better, but because people are giving up looking for jobs.
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In relation to other wealthy countries, the United States is doing a relatively good job of getting women into high-achieving jobs.
nytimes.com (1 month and 17 days ago)
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts unemployment rate held steady at 6.7 percent in January while the state added more than 16,000 new jobs during the month.
boston.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
Partisans on both sides focused on the negative in the better-than-expected jobs report, with the left blaming sequestration and the right citing regulation.
nytimes.com (17 days ago)
The economy is nowhere near recovering the jobs lost in the recession, and the record looks even worse because so many jobs lost were full time, while so many of those gained have been part time.
nytimes.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

In three regions — the upper Midwest, New England and the area around Washington — the job market for younger adults is considerably stronger than in the rest of the country.
nytimes.com (14 days ago)
Without employment in the health care sector, which has added more jobs than any other sector, the United States would have fewer jobs than it did in 2000.
nytimes.com (2 months and 30 days ago)
The dollar holds largely steady ahead of a raft of reports on the U.S. economy.
marketwatch.com (5 days ago)
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