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A Travis County Commissioner says local prosperity is shadowed by rising poverty. In this week’s PolitiFact check-in, KUT’s Emily Donahue spoke to Gardner…
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Nobody knows exactly how many jobs the economy added (or lost) last month. Here's how to make an educated guess.
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Austin’s unemployment rose from 4.9 to 5 percent in December, while Texas’s overall unemployment dropped to 6.1 percent from 7.4 percent last year.Mark…
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Growth was in line with expectations and adds to the evidence that the nation continues to add jobs at a modest pace.
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Last year, American companies announced the fewest number of layoffs for any year since 1997. That's good news. In December, they added on 215,000 workers, according to a new survey. That's good news too. But last week more people filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance.
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The number of state employees let go this year was down dramatically compared to 2011, according to a report from the State Auditor's Office. But that’s…
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There were 350,000 first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week. That's the lowest level since March 2008. But because of the Christmas holiday, some states had to do more estimating than usual.
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The final jobs report before Election Day had news both presidential campaigns could use. President Obama can point to the number of new jobs created to claim that his policies are working. And Mitt Romney can point to an uptick in the jobless rate to make the case that the economy is at a standstill.
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There were about 50,000 more jobs added to payrolls than economists expected. Also: September's growth was revised upward. This is the last major economic report before Election Day and is sure to be a hot topic on the campaign trail.
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Update: Oct. 25, 2012 at 9 a.m.:After airing this story on Monday, listeners have been wondering what happened to the Yount family. The first thing was…