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  • Is the Fed's Policy Working?  Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 4:21 PM ET

    Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Manhattan Institute, and Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan, debate whether near-zero interest rates are doing more harm than good for the job market and economy.

  • Forever Fed: Jobs Blues Sets Up Eternal Easing Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 11:52 AM ET

    March's miserable jobs report stoked a debate about the strength of the recovery but helped settle any uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy.

  • US Job Creation Plunges, but Rate Drops to 7.6% Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 9:46 AM ET
    An unemployed worker checks out a brochure at a jobs fair.

    Job creation slowed to a crawl during March, with the U.S. economy creating just 88,000 positions though the unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent.

  • Feldstein's View on Jobs Report  Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 8:40 AM ET

    Martin Feldstein, Harvard University economics professor, offers his reaction to the March jobs report.

  • Stock Pops & Drops  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 5:00 PM ET

    The Fast Money traders take a look at today's biggest market movers.

  • Billionaire Wilbur Ross Talks Jobs  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 4:30 PM ET

    Wilbur Ross, chairman & CEO of WL Ross & Co. LLC, offers his take on the slight uptick in unemployment data and energy opportunities in the U.S.

  • Job Insecurity High as Layoffs Show Huge Surge Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 9:47 AM ET

    The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in March but downsizing by retail companies still helped the first quarter rack up the largest amount of cuts in over a year.

  • Yen Won't Hit 100 Against Dollar: Economist  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 1:20 AM ET

    Jeremy Cook, chief economist at World First Foreign Exchange, tells CNBC that despite the Bank of Japan's aggressive monetary policy easing, the yen won't weaken to 100 against the dollar, unless the bond buying is expanded to foreign debt.

  • Stock Pops & Drops  Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 5:00 PM ET

    The Fast Money traders take a look at today's biggest market movers.

  • ISM Non-Manufacting Index 54.4 in March  Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 10:00 AM ET

    CNBC's Rick Santelli has the latest survey numbers from the nation's purchasing and supply executives.

  • Work Slowdown? ADP Says Job Creation Declining Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 8:35 AM ET
    A job seeker searches for employment opportunities at an Illinois Employment and Training Center.

    Private-sector job creation was considerably less than expected in March, indicating that the labor market's improvements could be stalling.

  • UK Benefit Culture: Is It Time to Adapt? Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 2:18 AM ET

    From Wednesday there are a number of welfare changes coming into effect that will have significant impact on large parts of UK society. Is it time to adapt and accept these changes?

  • Stock Pops & Drops  Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 5:00 PM ET

    The Fast Money traders take a look at today's biggest market movers.

  • Cramer: Apple Is 'Becoming the JC Penney of Tech' Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 10:14 AM ET

    It doesn't appear that Apple can do anything about its tailspin, CNBC's Jim Cramer says.

  • Breaking Ground: Stockton Bankruptcy Is Approved Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | 3:48 PM ET

    It's official: Stockton, Calif., will become the nation's most populous city to enter into bankruptcy protection after getting clearance from a federal judge on Monday.

  • Stakes Are High as Judge Weighs Stockton Bankruptcy Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | 12:20 PM ET

    The Chapter 9 bankruptcy case for Stockton, Calif., is being closely watched nationally. At issue: Does federal bankruptcy law trump the California law that says debts to the state pension fund must be honored?

  • Not-So-Great News for Jobless Claims and GDP Thursday, 28 Mar 2013 | 9:58 AM ET
    A job seeker searches for employment opportunities at an Illinois Employment and Training Center.

    Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 357,000, while GDP growth was light and even worse than expected.

  • Stock Pops & Drops  Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 | 5:00 PM ET

    The Fast Money traders take a look at today's biggest market movers.

  • Stock Pops & Drops  Tuesday, 26 Mar 2013 | 5:00 PM ET

    The Fast Money traders take a look at today's biggest market movers.

  • S&P/Case Shiller: Home Prices Rise in January  Tuesday, 26 Mar 2013 | 9:18 AM ET

    David Blitzer, S&P 500 Index Committee chairman, dissects the latest data on housing.