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Falling unemployment hardly a game-changer
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Prospects for more unemployment improvement aren't great and President Obama was smart to greet the recent jobs report with caution.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department on Friday to report the economy added 135,000 jobs in January, after gaining 200,000 in December. In 2012, weaker jobs gains are likely as consumer spending and economic activity slow.
GDP up 2.8 percent in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. economy grew by 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday.
State of dysfunction: Fairness, the economy and hypocrisy
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- In his State of the Union Address, U.S. President Barack Obama hammered on two resounding themes -- fairness and the economy.
South Carolina’s verdict: Romney may be no better than Obama
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Mitt Romney lost the South Carolina Republican primary by failing to convince voters he has the character and platform to turn the country around.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Rating Downgrades: S&P Got France Right, Germany Wrong
U.S. unemployment report as good as it gets?
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent but going forward unemployment isn't likely to fall much further and may rise again, however.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Peter Morici's forecast for the U.S. economy in 2012 indicates there are several possible areas that could hamper economic growth.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The largest single component of the U.S. economy, consumer spending, is standing on wobbly legs, analysts said.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The hollowing out of the U.S. middle class is a potent campaign issue but, increasingly, the genuine middle is a tough place to be.
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