Morning Bell: A Jobless Labor Day
For 14 million unemployed Americans and their families, this Labor Day will not be a happy one. Instead of enjoying a day off of work,… Read More
NLRB Heralds Labor Day with an Attack on Workers’ Rights
This week, just in time for Labor Day, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed down several decisions that undermine workers’ rights to tell union… Read More
Morning Bell: Zero New Jobs in America
President Obama enters this Labor Day weekend with a serious problem on his hands. For all intents and purposes, the economy appears to be stuck… Read More
Labor Day 2011: Slideshow of Unemployment in America
America has the weakest labor market since the Great Depression. Unemployment remains above 9 percent, primarily because job creation hasn’t recovered. In a new paper,… Read More
Big Labor Makes Big Spending Demands on President Obama
The Big Labor full-court press is in full swing ahead of President Barack Obama’s speech next week in which he will roll-out a new jobs plan…. Read More
Morning Bell: The Unemployment Empty Promise
Sometime next week—we don’t quite know when—President Barack Obama is due to announce his latest jobs plan designed to lift America out of its unemployment doldrums…. Read More
White House’s New Top Economist: Unemployment Benefits Are Not Stimulus
President Obama’s pick as chairman of the White House Council on Economic Advisors co-authored a paper that showed that extending unemployment benefits will likely exacerbate… Read More
Morning Bell: More Bad News for the Obama Economy
Americans’ confidence in the economy is sitting at its lowest point since March 2009, and in every state in the country, a vast majority of Americans see… Read More
Illinois Loses Most Jobs in Nation Following Massive Tax Increase
Correlation doesn’t necessarily equal causation, but some disturbing correlations are evident in the nation’s economic woes. Take Illinois. If you take a look at the… Read More
CBO Report’s Good News Built on Shifting Economic Sands
Contrary to tradition, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its mid-year assessment of the budget and economic situation. Traditionally, CBO releases its mid-year assessment… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Tour of Denial and Blame
It’s being billed as a listening tour—a three-state journey across the Midwest where President Barack Obama will hear directly from Americans about the economy and talk… Read More
Wow! The Economy Seems Great! (But Only if You Live in D.C.)
Think the economy is getting better? See brighter skies ahead? If so, then you’re in the minority. Well, that is, unless you live in Washington,… Read More
Memo to White House: Unemployment Benefits Aren’t So Stimulating
You might think that a White House press briefing would be the one place where it’s safe to ask the Obama Administration a question… Read More
Gallup Poll: Americans’ Confidence in the Economy Plunges
The Dow Jones Industrial Average saw its biggest daily gain yesterday since March 2009, but Americans’ confidence in the economy has dropped to levels not… Read More
A Smarter Economic Policy Would Provide the Best Help to Veterans
The President is expected to speak this morning at Washington’s Naval Yard about the importance of finding jobs for America’s veterans. Veteran unemployment is at an… Read More
Rasmussen: 57 Percent of Americans Favor Repeal of Obamacare
News from Rasmussen Reports: Obamacare still isn’t winning any fans among Americans. Given Obamacare’s effect on employment, that’s not surprising. A new poll reveals that… Read More
PODCAST: Obamacare and Unions Drag Down Job Creation
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, labor economist James Sherk discusses his two new reports, one on Obamacare’s effect on recovery and the other on… Read More
Morning Bell: Unhappy Anniversaries, President Obama
The Obama Administration has seen its fair share of milestones this month. Yesterday marked the first anniversary of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and… Read More
Business Leaders: Liberal Economic Policies Are Preventing Recovery
News on Thursday that there were more new jobless claims last week than initially expected gives new weight to the words of a pair of… Read More
One Year After Oil Spill Was Stopped, Drilling Permits Down Sharply
The Obama administration is approving deepwater drilling permits at a pace of just 1.7 per month — a dramatic drop that is jeopardizing thousands of… Read More
PODCAST: Unemployment Report
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, labor economist Rea Hederman discusses last month’s job report. Listen to the full interview, here. Unfortunately, last month’s jobs… Read More
Fed Chairman Bernanke Projects Continued Slow Growth in Economy
It’s a continued slow pace of recovery for the U.S. economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in testimony today before the House Financial Services Committee…. Read More
Youth Hardest Hit in Obama Economy
Whom has the recession hurt the most? There is no easy answer to that question—job opportunities have diminished for every ethnic and demographic group. But… Read More
Sen. Gillibrand Accidentally Makes the Case for Bush Tax Rates
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, is determined to convince Americans that the Bush-era tax rates have directly resulted in job losses for New Yorkers. To that… Read More
Obama vs. the Evidence: Infrastructure Spending Is No Job Creator
The latest unemployment numbers, released Friday, showed that the economy created a net 18,000 jobs in June, far below the roughly 150,000 needed to keep… Read More
Chao: High Unemployment Doesn’t Have to Be the New Norm
In an interview Friday on Fox Business Network, former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao took head on the notion that persistent, high unemployment is the… Read More
Questions and Answers on America’s Unemployment
We asked The Heritage Foundation’s William Beach, Director of the Center for Data Analysis, to answer some questions about America’s economy and unemployment following the Department… Read More
From Hope to Defeatism: White House Changes Message on Economy
June’s job numbers– 9.2 percent unemployment and the creation of only 18,000 new jobs — has brought a fundamental shift in the White House’s message… Read More
In Pictures: June Unemployment and Obama’s Failed Stimulus
Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report revealed yet another month of disastrous economic data for the U.S. economy. Heritage’s Rea Hederman, Jr. and James Sherk… Read More
Morning Bell: An Economy in Panic
There’s no good way to spin the news that came out of today’s monthly U.S. jobs report. The economy generated only 18,000 total new jobs, the… Read More
