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2008 Job Outlook for Teens

added: 06-03-2008

Teens seeking paying part-time and/or summer jobs will find it harder but not impossible to do this year. Overall hiring has slowed due to economic uncertainties and businesses are reluctant to hire minor teens. As a result, teens will have to work to find work, says Renee Ward, founder of Teens4hire.org.

Monster Employment Index Shows Moderate Rise in February 2008

added: 06-03-2008

The Monster Employment Index rose five points in February, reflecting a moderate increase in overall U.S. online job availability following a three-month downward trend. The Monster Employment Index is based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large, representative selection of corporate career sites and job boards, including Monster(R).

US: Consumer Price Index Summary January 2008

added: 06-03-2008

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in January before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The January level of 211.080 (1982-84=100) was 4.3 percent higher than in January 2007.

Home Buyer Tax Credit Won't Fix the Foreclosure Crisis and Won't Keep People in Their Homes

added: 05-03-2008

Lawmakers under political pressure to "do something" to fix the current foreclosure crisis must act carefully and reject proposals that will do more harm than good, including pending legislation that would create a new tax credit for people who buy a new house or a house in default or foreclosure.

Single Family Homes Price Declines Pervasive in Q4 2007

added: 05-03-2008

Global Insight today released the fourth quarter 2007 update of House Prices in America, the U.S. housing-valuation analysis, showing that single-family home prices continued to fall for the second period in a row and declined at a precipitous 5.1% annualized rate.

US: Real Earnings In January 2008

added: 05-03-2008

Real average weekly earnings fell by 0.5 percent from December 2007 to January 2008 after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. A 0.3 percent decrease in average weekly hours and a 0.4 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) were partially offset by a 0.2 percent increase in average hourly earnings.

Car Shoppers Say Gas Prices Affecting Consumer Spending

added: 04-03-2008

According to the latest Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research study, elevating gas prices have in-market new-car shoppers considering vehicles they would have otherwise ignored. The February 2008 results reveal that almost two-thirds, 64 percent of shoppers, have changed their minds or are now thinking about vehicles they normally would not have considered before.

US: Employment Situation in January 2008

added: 04-03-2008

Both nonfarm payroll employment, at 138.1 million, and the unemployment rate, at 4.9 percent, were essentially unchanged in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The small January move- ment in nonfarm payroll employment (-17,000) reflected declines in construction and manufacturing and job growth in health care. Average hourly earnings rose by 4 cents, or 0.2 percent, over the month.

Weak Dollar Continues to Lose Ground

added: 04-03-2008

Three developments headlined the past week. There was a big drop in consumer expectations. Coming off news about inflationary pressures not backing off, the domestic economy seems to be edging closer to falling into a recession. This was reflected in the PPI and CPI data. So did the "core" PCE deflator (which excludes food and energy).

US Internet Highs and Lows

added: 04-03-2008

Remember when online marketers had to track Internet penetration, to make sure their campaigns would reach enough people? Some still do.

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