Confidence among U.S. consumers increased in February to the highest level in eight months, a sign falling unemployment and rising stock prices may be comforting households. View full post on All Stories
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Obama Wants Jobless Aid Help for States
The Obama administration is proposing short-term relief to states saddled with unemployment insurance debt, coupled with a delayed increase in the income level used to tax employers for the aid to the jobless. View full post on All Stories
1.6 million Britons to pay higher income tax rate
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – A study released Monday by the British think tank Institute for Fiscal Studies said that more Britons will pay higher income tax rates. With these changes, effective tax rates for middle-income Britons could reach 83 percent, the IFS estimated. It is the same tax [...]
Unemployed Florida: Take a quick statewide tour on jobless trends
Wake up and good morning . Each month when the state of Florida updates the jobless numbers at the state, metro area and county level, it’s always worth a quick survey to see what different parts of the Sunshine State make of the latest snapshot on unemployment. Since December’s jobless data came out Friday — [...]
Flaherty eyes prudent bank lending to curb rise in Canadian household debt
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – To curb the alarming rise in Canadian household debt, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty urged Canadian banks Thursday to adopt prudent lending policies. He issued the proposal after Statistics Canada found that household debt reached a record-high level in the third quarter of 2010, outpacing [...]
Jobless claims near lowest level of the year
Washington – Applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the second-lowest level this year, fresh evidence that companies are cutting fewer jobs. First-time claims for jobless aid fell by 17,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 421,000 in the week ending Dec. 4, the Labor Department said Thursday. View full post on All Stories
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