Recession fears have cooled, but a labor market chart flagged by one bearish strategist might give bullish investors pause.

Art and economic policy are about as far apart as two subjects can be. One is an expression of human creativity. The other is the dismal science. But leave it to Andy Warhol to find a way to marry the ...

In March, the New York Times gave up its most valuable real estate—the right-hand column—for a bar chart that showed the staggering and unprecedented 3.3 million unemployment claims brought on by the ...

A number of economists look past the "main" unemployment rate to a different figure the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls "U-6," which it defines as "total unemployed, plus all marginally attached ...

Friday’s U.S. unemployment report, showing employers nationwide added only a net 18,000 in June, was a sobering moment for optimists looking for an economic recovery, but sometimes a picture says it ...

A few days ago I wrote about Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s false statements. This is more about the games that chart-wielding politicians play. I was intrigued by one damning chart in her State of ...

The unemployment rate fell slightly to 9 percent in October, according to this morning's big jobs report. But this single number hides a huge variation among different groups. For high school grads in ...

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