Word: joblessness
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...DEPARTMENT OF LABOR is considering a policy change in the way government helps the jobless. Because more unemployed people are finding that they need to relocate to get work, Labor Secretary Robert Reich may request extra unemployment assistance to help pay for some of the costs involved in job searches that require long-distance travel...
...Federal Reserve Board chairman, told a House subcommittee he was disappointed that it "has at best stabilized, rather than easing" in the face of a 7% unemployment rate. Greenspan was hopeful on the economy, however, predicting growth of 2.5% for the year and a drop of 0.25% in the jobless rate by year's end. Greenspan also disclosed last week that the Fed is moving away from more than 15 years of reliance upon monetarism -- the attempt to guide economic growth by adjusting the money supply -- in favor of its former reliance on adjustments in interest rates. He said that...
...flood of the world's "homeless, tempest-tost." Bette Hammond, spokeswoman for a California group calling itself STOP IT -- for Stop the Out-of-Control Problems of Immigration Today -- suggests a rewrite of Lazarus: "If the Statue of Liberty could speak, she would say, 'Many of my people are jobless and homeless. My natural resources are fast disappearing from overcrowding and pollution, while my cities are full of crime. My domestic tranquillity is a thing of the past...
...Hillary Clinton, OFFICIALLY JOBLESS...
Armed guards formerly employed by relief agencies to safeguard food supplies have lost their jobs, and many have turned their guns on their employers. In February jobless guards besieged the Mogadishu office of CARE, demanding $500,000 in alleged "back pay." CARE refused to comply, then flew out most of its personnel and suspended food deliveries to avert holdups. Other relief agencies are pulling out altogether for safety reasons...