Immigrant unemployment rate same as American-born workers

• Greece: Three years after the bailout

  By Mark Thompson

  It's been three years since Greece was granted 110 billion euros in the first of two bailouts by its EU partners and the International Monetary Fund. Harsh austerity measures have driven the economy into the ground since then. Unemployment has soared. More than 6 in 10 young workers are out of a job.

  But there may be light at the end of the tunnel. After six years of recession, MORE

  May 10, 2013 9:02 AM ET
  Posted in: austerity, Bailout, Europe, Greece, unemployment

• For every job opening, there are 3 unemployed Americans

  The number of job openings rose in February to 3.9 million, according to the Labor Department's JOLTS report released Tuesday. This is good news if it translates into new hiring in the next few months.

  About 12 million Americans were still unemployed in February, which means for every job opening, there are roughly 3.1 unemployed workers.

  By this metric, you can see that the job market has improved substantially since 2009, when MORE

  Annalyn Kurtz - Apr 9, 2013 2:59 PM ET
  Posted in: BLS, hiring, job openings, JOLTs, unemployment

• New job, less pay

  Lots of people laid off during the recession are landing new jobs ... but they are making a whole lot less.

  Some 52% of unemployed people surveyed recently by Rutgers University found new positions within six months of losing their jobs.

  But roughly an equal share of the unemployed who landed new jobs had to settle for pay cuts, according to the report by Rutgers' Heldrich Center for Workforce Development.

  Here are the MORE

  Tami Luhby - Feb 11, 2013 8:10 AM ET
  Posted in: jobs, pay, salaries, unemployment, wages

• Black workers' unemployment gap

  Though blacks' job prospects have improved from the depths of the Great Recession, they still suffer from disproportionately high unemployment.

  Pegged to Black History Month, the U.S. Congress' Joint Economic Committee put out a stats sheet highlighting the gap. It takes longer, on average, for black workers for find a job, and even having a college degree doesn't help as much as it does for other job-seeking populations. The black unemployment rate MORE

  Tami Luhby - Feb 6, 2013 11:14 AM ET
  Posted in: african-americans, blacks, cnnmoney, economy, employment, jobs, unemployment

• Women and men are now even in the jobs recovery

  Forget the "mancession" or the "he-covery." Men suffered the biggest job losses in the financial crisis, and also gained the most post-recession jobs.

  But now, men and women have equal footing in the recovery.

  As of November, both genders have gained back half the jobs they lost in the financial crisis, according to Labor Department data.

  The recession hit male-dominated industries like construction and manufacturing, far harder than female-dominated industries like health care MORE

  Annalyn Kurtz - Dec 9, 2012 2:27 PM ET
  Posted in: jobs, jobs report, men, recovery, unemployment, Women

• Misery Index predicts Obama will win the election

  Are Americans feeling more miserable than they were four years ago? According to the so-called "misery index," they're not -- a fact that boosts President Obama's chances of winning re-election.

  The misery index combines the unemployment rate and the annual inflation rate and has accurately predicted the outcome of nine of the last 12 presidential elections, according to economists at Deutsche Bank.

  When it rises, it's considered a sign of a weaker MORE

  Annalyn Kurtz - Oct 17, 2012 12:08 PM ET
  Posted in: carl riccadonna, deutsche bank, economics, election, inflation, jobs, misery index, Obama, president, romney, unemployment

• Romney: I'll get unemployment down to 6%

  Mitt Romney told our friends at TIME on Wednesday that he will get the unemployment rate to 6% by the end of his first term. (CNNMoney and TIME are both owned by Time Warner.)

  "Over a period of four years, by virtue of the policies that we put in place, we'd get the unemployment rate down to 6%, and perhaps a little lower," Romney said. "It depends in part upon MORE

  Charles Riley - May 23, 2012 3:22 PM ET
  Posted in: Election 2012, Mitt Romney, President Obama, unemployment

• Obama unveils new help for unemployed

  Some states could soon be allowed to use unemployment funds to subsidize on-the-job training and other re-employment programs.

  The Obama administration Thursday launched the effort, which will permit up to 10 states to use administrative funds or their trust funds to implement pilot programs that expedite the return of the unemployed to work.

  The initiative is a key part of the president's effort to overhaul the unemployment system. It is part of MORE

  Tami Luhby - Apr 19, 2012 3:17 PM ET
  Posted in: american jobs act, jobless insurance, long-term unemployed, long-term unemployment, subsidized employment, unemployment, unemployment funds, unemployment insurance

• Forget jobs. Show me the money!

  Beyond Big Miss: Wkly earnings down, aggregate payrolls up, PT for econ. reasons WAY down.Returnees working cheap = wage/price disinflation

  — Dan Alpert (@DanielAlpert) April 06, 2012

  Dan Alpert, a managing partner at Westwood Capital in New York, is one of my favorite sources. He was a life saver on that fateful Sunday night in September 2008 when it seemed the world was ending. He was in the CNN studios doing TV MORE

  Paul R. La Monica - Apr 6, 2012 3:07 PM ET
  Posted in: economy, gas prices, jobs, unemployment, wages