Economy gains 209,000 jobs; jobless rate, 6.2%, By Paul Davidson, August 1, 2014, USA Today: “The high-flying labor market showed no let-up in July as employers added 209,000 jobs. The unemployment rate rose to 6.2% from 6.1%, the Labor Department said Friday, as 329,000 Americans, including many who had given up their job searches, surged back into the labor force. Economists had estimated that 238,000 jobs were created last month, according to the median forecast from Action Economics survey…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty