The Bureau of Labor Statistics has recently released its latest unemployment numbers (for January 2010) and the picture they paint is not especially rosy. Here’s a look at some of the figures released and what they mean for the nation’s economy.
Overall Unemployment Rate Down to 9.7 Percent
Unemployment nationwide dipped from 10.0 percent in December to [...]

With unemployment hovering around 10 percent, many employed Americans are understandably skittish about their jobs. According to the numbers, there are plenty of people who’d love to take our places if we set a foot wrong. So here are some things to consider next time you have to make a major decision at work.
Vacation: Should [...]

A recent poll conducted by the New York Times and CBS News sheds light on exactly how an unemployment rate topping 10 percent is affecting jobless Americans. The poll reportedly surveyed 708 unemployed adults during the first two weeks of December.
Findings
The survey looked at various aspects of job loss in the current economic climate, and [...]

A lot happens in a week in the world of personal finance. Here’s a look at two major financial happenings you need to know about.
Jobless Summit at the White House
The latest jobless numbers show that the U.S. unemployment rate has inched further upward to 10.2 percent, with experts predicting a rate as high as 10.5 [...]

Reports from various government agencies released late this week indicate important improvement in various sectors of the economy, including retail sales and, surprising, employment.
Jobless Numbers
The Department of Labor reported on November 5th that initial jobless claims for the previous week fell to 512,000, a drop of 20,000 from the previous week. And, perhaps most promising, [...]

The U.S. economy saw growth for the first time in over a year, according to a report by the Commerce Department, signaling an unofficial end to the “Great Recession”.
In the three-month period ending September 30, the economy grew at a rate of 3.5%, higher than the 3.2% growth rate expected by economists. It was the [...]

A House bill may give more than 1 million jobless Americans an extra 13 weeks of unemployment benefits. The bills is expected to pass the House vote today and make its way to the Senate, according to CNN.
The bill will extend benefits in states with unemployment rates exceeding 8.5%—which includes 27 states plus Washington, D.C. [...]