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Financial Services Job Market Weakest Since 1991

From money.cnn.com
September 9th, 2008

money.cnn.com — Hiring conditions in the U.S. financial services sector are at their weakest level since 1991, according to a survey published Tuesday. The quarterly employment forecast also highlights weak expectations among the nation's retailers ahead of the crucial holiday selling season. The fallout from the year-long credit crunch has seen U.S. financial institutions shed thousands of jobs, and the latest quarterly survey follows last week's worse-than-expected U.S. unemployment report.

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With a Weak Economy, We Need Smarter Policies

By Matt Lykken
August 3, 2008

The old tricks aren’t working any more. The government’s tools for a weak economy have been to lower interest rates, borrow and spend, or have a war. Now, interest rates are so low that you can’t earn enough on your savings to keep up with inflation, the government owes $31,666 for every man, woman and child in America, and we have two of the longest running wars in U.S. history. more »

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McCain's Flea-Market Economy

By Tula Connell
July 2, 2008

George W. Bush's solution to our nation's economic mess—that his failed policies helped create—is to applaud people who must work three jobs to make ends meet. more »

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The public rates protecting American jobs as nearly as important as defending the country against terrorism (86% terrorism, 84% jobs).

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“Opinion Leaders Turn Cautious, Public Looks Homeward: America’s Place in the World,” The Pew Research Center for People and the Press, 17 November 2005. http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=1020

63% believe international trade has “made things worse” for the U.S. and causes job loss and low wages.

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Fortune magazine poll, January 14-16 2008. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/electionpoll/2008/pollresults.html
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Manufacturing Jobs Disappearing

Submitted by Alex Carter
March 11, 2008

Between 2000 and 2007, America lost one out of every five manufacturing jobs – a loss of 3.4 million jobs.

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U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data compiled and Available from: http://www.bls.gov/ces/home.htm
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U.S. Lost 17,000 Jobs in January

From cnbc.com
February 1st, 2008

cnbc.com — For the first time in nearly 4-1/2 years, U.S. payrolls shrank as continuing losses in construction and manufacturing reflected the economy's waning momentum. The Labor Department also lowered some job growth estimates from previous months.

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Confessions of a Job Exporter

By Matt Lykken
January 26, 2008

Say you owned the corner store and needed to hire one employee. more »

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