A Brookings Institution report finds a surprising resurgence of factory jobs in the Midwest and suggests what state and local governments can do to foster domestic manufacturing.
What Would Improve Job Prospects for Young Workers?
No one wants to see millions of young people sitting idle. So what can be done?
Unemployment, Beyond the Rate
By a broad measure of unemployment, including discouraged and underemployed workers, 23 million Americans are looking for jobs.
Getting Better, Slowly
The jobs report may not be as bad as it appears. Taking revisions from past months into account, it appears the job market continues to improve, but slowly.
Reaction to April Jobs Report, in Tweets
What would a jobs report be without sharp opinions about what it all means?
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Structural Unemployment and Good Jobs
Inadequate demand — rather than mismatches between job requirements and skills — is the major reason for the elevated unemployment rate, an economist writes. But even as the jobless rate declines, skill requirements for good jobs will continue to rise.