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When an economy needs refugees

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Sep 19, 2018
Erie, Pennsylvania, strategically welcomed refugees when its population was shrinking. Now the White House is cutting their numbers.
Dylanna Jackson is a director of a resettlement program in Erie. 
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U.S. companies are bringing cash home, but not as much as President Trump predicted

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 19, 2018
The trillions that have been earned abroad aren't just sitting in a vault.
President Donald Trump expects more than $4 trillion in overseas corporate profits to flow back to the U.S. soon. Some experts say that's an unrealistic amount.
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Holiday jobs outlook full of good cheer

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 14, 2018
Seasonal hiring likely to be so strong, employers will vie to fill jobs.
Amazon's 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Kent, Washington.
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Here's the problem with low, low unemployment

by Tracey Samuelson
Sep 13, 2018
Unemployment in the United States currently stands at the low, low 3.9 percent. What’s not to like? A new paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston argues that, historically, a low unemployment rate can signal trouble for the economy. It seems there is some danger in too much employment. Click the audio player above […]
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Why employers are feeling more pressure to raise pay

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 7, 2018
New data from the Labor Department show 201,000 new jobs were created in August, which is about average, month-in, month-out, for the past year.  The unemployment rate was unchanged, at 3.9 percent. We’ve been sitting in that low-unemployment ballpark since mid-spring. Average hourly earnings for private sector workers accelerated in August.  They’re up 2.9 percent compared […]
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US hiring picked up in August as pay surged most in 9 years

by Associated Press
Sep 7, 2018
The economy added a strong 201,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate stayed at 3.9 percent, near an 18-year low.
A 'help wanted' sign hangs on a window of a restaurant on June 1, 2018 in Miami, Florida.
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Wages are rising at a steady clip for construction workers

by Amy Scott
Sep 7, 2018
And still builders are facing a shortage of skilled and unskilled workers.
A construction laborer works on the site of a new residential building in the Hudson Yards development in 2016 in New York City.
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Five-hour work day anyone? Employees say they could get plenty done in that time

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 4, 2018
A Kronos Workforce Institute survey asks people about their productivity and time off.
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More older folks are working, but maybe not their preferred job

by Janet Babin
Aug 27, 2018
The unemployment rate continues to hover around historic lows — 3.9 percent as of last month. The tight labor market has been good news for groups that often have a harder time finding jobs, like people 55 and older. Unemployment for them is even lower at 3.1 percent. The number of older Americans in the […]
A job seeker fills out an application at a senior job fair in Palatine, Illinois. 
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Demands on firefighters have never been greater as wildfires become harder to contain

by Erika Beras
Aug 27, 2018
“Years ago it was a 100-meter dash. Now we're running a marathon," one expert says.
A U.S. forestry firefighter cools a burning home to protect a nearby structure in Deerhorn Valley near Jamul, California, in 2007.
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