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A hiring sign is displayed in Riverwoods, Ill., Tuesday, April 16, 2024. On Thursday, April 18, 2024, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

New government data shows the economy may be losing jobs

By E.J. Antoni

President Joe Biden speaks about the September jobs report in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Don’t believe Biden’s spin on job creation

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Biden Economy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden’s low marks on the economy reflect reality

By E.J. Antoni

Shoppers visit the Christmas Village in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Confidence is growing among Federal Reserve officials and many economists that high interest rates and healed supply chains will soon defeat inflation. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Inflation spikes in December, complicating Biden’s economic pitch

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Recession is on the Horizon for U.S. Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why U.S. is due for recession this year

By Gene Marks

President Joe Biden speaks about the PACT Act, which helps veterans get screened for exposure to toxins, at the Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center in New Castle, Del., Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden second-quarter job numbers off by 1 million, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A hiring sign is shown at a booth for Jameson's Irish Pub during a job fair on Sept. 22, 2021, in the West Hollywood section of Los Angeles. California's unemployment rate has fallen to 5.4% after employers added a surprising 138,100 jobs in February. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Unemployment drops slightly in Virginia, Maryland and D.C.

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, March 4, 2022, in Washington. Biden has a solution for high inflation that seems counterintuitive: Bring factory jobs back to the U.S. This challenges a decades-long argument that employers moved jobs abroad to lower their costs by relying on cheaper workers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Producer price index, harbinger for inflation, sets all-time record

By Chris Talgo

Burning Money over Inflation Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The curse of inflation

By Richard W. Rahn

State’s unemployment rate fell slightly to 7.1% in February

Associated Press

Massachusetts unemployment rate climbs to 7.4% in December

Associated Press

President Trump released a proclamation for American workers for Labor Day. He called the American workforce "the best in the world." (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Trump praises the American workforce as ‘the best in the world’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, a Detroit woman holds a Employment Guide standing in line while attending a job fair in Livonia, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) **FILE**

BLS removes half million jobs from official stats in jobs reports

By James Varney - The Washington Times

February jobless rate fell to 3 percent in Massachusetts

Associated Press

In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo Laurence Marzo, left, and Ty Ford, right, move a conveyor belt into place to help unload a truck carrying merchandise at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston. On Friday, Dec. 7, the U.S. government issued the November jobs report. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Jobs picture steady at 3.7 percent unemployment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

New Jersey unemployment rate falls to 4.1 percent

Associated Press

NJ jobless rate falls to 4.2 percent despite shedding jobs

Associated Press

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, center, talks to employees of a QuickChek convenience store after a news conference talking about jobs, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Cedar Knolls, N.J. New data shows New Jersey added 12,600 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent from 4.6 percent. Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary reports announced on Thursday show the state jobless rate has reached a 10-year low. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

New Jersey unemployment rate falls to 4.4 percent

Associated Press

President Obama hugs Elizabeth Warren as he arrives to speak at a campaign event at Symphony Hall, June 25, 2012, in Boston. (Associated Press)

DONALD LAMBRO: Obama clashes with Democrats on economy

By Donald Lambro

Kim Zeiss, right, helps her daughter, Madison, 10, with her homework as Kim's son, Jake, 9, practices goal keeping with the Junior Kings hockey team Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, at Health South training facility in El Segundo, Calif. The Zeiss family is one of 32 Los Angeles families in a study of the modern American family by UCLA scientists. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

Mom’s market worth? $65,284 a year (with hugs still free)

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times