Unemployment

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QUEENS UNEMPLOYMENT RISES TO 9.3% IN DEC.
Nearly 5,000 more Queens residents were out of work between November and last month, leading to a slight increase in the borough’s unemployment numbers, according to data released last week by the state Department of Labor. The borough’s unemployment...
FIRST-TIME JOBLESS CLAIMS DROP LESS THAN EXPECTED
WASHINGTON — A drop in new jobless claims came in short of expectations and factory orders rose only slightly, fresh evidence the economy is recovering at a slow, uneven pace. The Labor Department said Thursday that first-time jobless claims dropped by...
FED HOLDS RATES AT RECORD LOW TO AID RECOVERY
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has decided to hold interest rates at a record low and pledged to keep them there for an “extended period” to nurture the economic recovery and lower unemployment. One member — Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal...
BROOKLYN JOBLESS RATE CONTINUES TO GROW
After seven months of unemployment, Novia Watson, a single mother in Flatbush, said she’s cut down on the extras to pay for rent, light and gas. Watson, 51, said she has “coped” since she lost her data-entry job, but believes her lack of income will...
NJ UNEMPLOYMENT AT 33-YEAR HIGH
TRENTON, N.J. — Unemployment in New Jersey climbed to a 33-year high of 10.1 percent in December. That’s the first time since October 2006 that the Garden State’s jobless rate eclipsed the national average of 10 percent. Total employment in New Jersey...

A building is seen under construction in Madrid Friday Feb. 5, 2010. Spain's once-buoyant economy has wracked up six straight quarters of decline since third quarter of 2008 as a boom fueled by real estate construction and consumer spending collapsed. Unemployment now stands at nearly 20 percent. The government's ballooning deficit is an acute source of worry for investors and markets fretting over whether Spain could be in line for a debt crisis like the one in Greece.

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