By Money Matters Editors
After health care reform, what’s next for the U.S. Congress? Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.
Can there be any issue that’s more important than job growth? To cite a phrase often-used by a graduate school mentor of a Money Matters Editor, ‘We don’t think so.’
The nation has lost more than 7.2 million jobs in the recession that started in December 2007, and the unemployment rate has basically doubled to 9.8 percent. In a nutshell, the U.S. economy is operating well below potential – what economists call an ‘output gap.’
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Showing posts with label jobs unemployment jobless claims continuing claims unemployment rate U.S. Labor Department Congress U.S. Congress. Show all posts
Thursday, October 15, 2009
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