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Unemployment involves hardship for those who are seeking but cannot find work and can be signal of a national economic recession. While unemployment numbers have improved as the economy slowly recovers from the recession, many are still out of work. Brookings experts examine what unemployment numbers mean for the state of the economy, and discuss the role the government should play in helping the unemployed get back to work.
Reuters/Rick Wilking - A job seeker talks to an exhibitor at the Colorado Hospital Association health care career fair in Denver April 9, 2013.
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Unemployment Likely To Fall to 7.2% in September, With Smaller Gains Going Forward
October 3, 2013, Regis Barnichon
In the latest unemployment rate forecast of the Barnichon-Nekarda model, Regis Barnichon predicts that the decline in the unemployment rate will continue, bringing it to 7.2% for September 2013.
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We've been in a very, very slow recovery now since 2009 and what we've been seeing is a very, very slow decline in the unemployment rate... increases in employment that barely keep up with the growth of the population. May 3, 2013, William T. Dickens, Yahoo! News
We've been in a very, very slow recovery now since 2009 and what we've been seeing is a very, very slow decline in the unemployment rate... increases in employment that barely keep up with the growth of the population.
The number of unemployed continues to shrink, and job gains entirely in the private sector continue to be fast enough so that we can be whittling down the problem of both long-term unemployment and regular unemployment. March 9, 2013, Gary Burtless, National Public Radio
The number of unemployed continues to shrink, and job gains entirely in the private sector continue to be fast enough so that we can be whittling down the problem of both long-term unemployment and regular unemployment.
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October 9, 2012, Daniel V. Speckhard
On many levels we are continuing to slide in the wrong direction [in terms of recovery] but just at a much slower pace. Now inter-state migration is picking up, it's still below 2007 levels, on a number of measures we are not moving down as quickly as we were. It seems the worst is over. September 20, 2012, William H. Frey, The Guardian
On many levels we are continuing to slide in the wrong direction [in terms of recovery] but just at a much slower pace. Now inter-state migration is picking up, it's still below 2007 levels, on a number of measures we are not moving down as quickly as we were. It seems the worst is over.
Earnings for middle and lower-wage workers have fallen or stagnated over time. So you can have a situation where jobs are being created ... but the types of jobs matter. If those are jobs that pay low wages, even if you're working full-time, that might not be enough to lift you above the poverty line. September 20, 2012, Elizabeth Kneebone, 24/7 Wall St
Earnings for middle and lower-wage workers have fallen or stagnated over time. So you can have a situation where jobs are being created ... but the types of jobs matter. If those are jobs that pay low wages, even if you're working full-time, that might not be enough to lift you above the poverty line.
Amid a patchy and still anemic recovery nationwide, the Mountain West’s metropolitan areas performed somewhat better than the rest of the country in the first quarter of 2012. While there is definite variation, the region continued its steady recovery in the early months of the year. June 27, 2012, Mark Muro, Phoenix Business Journal
Amid a patchy and still anemic recovery nationwide, the Mountain West’s metropolitan areas performed somewhat better than the rest of the country in the first quarter of 2012. While there is definite variation, the region continued its steady recovery in the early months of the year.
I don't think people have fully appreciated how deep the hole is. The Great Recession is going to be living in our collective homes for many more years to come. April 8, 2012, Michael Greenstone, Reuters
I don't think people have fully appreciated how deep the hole is. The Great Recession is going to be living in our collective homes for many more years to come.
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Gary Burtless
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