Topic: Martin Regalia
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Does uncertainty cost the economy jobs? Fed researchers call it a big problem.
Economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco say uncertainty over future taxes and other policies has raised unemployment by one to two percentage points. That's lots of jobs.
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US gains 103,000 jobs: Is risk of a new recession fading?
Some 103,000 new jobs in September doesn't mean the recession risk has been wiped away. Rather, it shows the US economy walking a knife-edge line between tepid growth and decline.
10/07/2011 01:40 pm -
Weak jobs report ramps up pressure on debt talks
The unemployment numbers also energize a sparring match between the Obama administration and Republicans over who has policies that deserve voter support in 2012.
07/08/2011 08:08 pm -
As Obama hails auto bailout, rise in unemployment rate dampens message
President Obama visits a Chrysler plant in Toledo, Ohio, to extol the success of the auto bailout. But new figures released Friday put the unemployment rate at 9.1 percent.
06/03/2011 07:19 pm
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