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United States of Work

What if the U.S. labor force were 10 people?

by Marketplace Staff
Feb 18, 2020
Our re-imagining of the 164 million people who make this economy work.
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on affordable housing and job creation

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Nov 13, 2019
The city is working closely with big business.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
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What is a contraction exactly?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Nov 1, 2019
The National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee makes the call.
A contraction is an unofficial term for an economic slowdown.
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One School, One Year

Cincinnati's Oyler School tries to rebuild its neighborhood

by Amy Scott
Oct 14, 2019
A new plan aims to create housing and jobs.
Cincinnati's Oyler School is on a mission to uplift not just its students, but its neighborhood.
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Quits rate shows workers ready to jump ship

by Mitchell Hartman
Oct 9, 2019
Voluntary quitting is at an 18-year high.
A "now hiring" sign is posted on a table during a career fair for veterans in San Francisco, California.
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Job creation has downshifted from last year

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 6, 2019
Labor Department data shows average monthly job creation has slowed significantly since 2018.
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For those out of work, low unemployment numbers don't add up

by Andy Uhler
Sep 5, 2019
The U.S. unemployment rate remains historically low. But that does not mean everyone who wants a job has a job.
Sitting at a cafe in North Central Austin, 59-year-old quality control manager, Lisa Donahoe, keeps a color coded spreadsheet to track all the jobs she's applied for over the last three and a half months.
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The millions in China who can't afford to retire

by Jennifer Pak
Jun 19, 2019
A new pension system doesn't provide as much security.
An elderly man picking trash along Shanghai's streets for $12 a day.
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USDA to relocate hundreds of jobs as fewer Americans move for work

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 14, 2019
Mobility has been on the decline for decades.
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Slowdown in employment is broad-based

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 7, 2019
But it's too soon to say the 10-year economic expansion has run its course.
Economists say some of the pullback in employment last month may be due to uncertainty about U.S. trade policy. Above, workers process cattle near the U.S.-Mexico border in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
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