Word: joblessness
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...investors applied the brakes on hearing that the economy grew an astounding 5.6% in the first quarter--too fast for comfort. But a closer look at the numbers showed inflation remained dormant. Don't put away the Dramamine just yet. The markets were jolted again on Friday after the jobless rate sank to a near 24-year low of 4.9%. Very inflationary. Later in the day, however, Washington's announcement of a budget deal sent the index soaring...
...that she could not leave her house, which is right next door, without her husband, who is old and ill. "Now I have no work. I can't go outside," she says. She adds that the situation is even worse for Kabul's estimated 25,000 widows, now officially jobless. "There were many widows who worked here," she said. "Now they can't leave their homes. I'm so scared...
...caused tremendous pain and disappointment that the president hasn't had the political courage to veto the welfare bill," Rangel said. "To mandate jobs and not mandate that a job has to be available is hypocritical. Are they [the jobless] going to disappear...
...caused tremendous pain and disappointment that the president hasn't had the political courage to veto the welfare bill," Rangel said. "To mandate jobs and not mandate that a job has to be available is hypocritical. Are they [the jobless] going to disappear...
...after Friday's Labor Department report that unemployment dropped in August to its lowest point since a brief period in 1989. Campaigning in Florida, President Clinton called the new figures "more good news . . . it's just the latest evidence: strong growth and the strongest consumer confidence in years." The jobless rate -->