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The nation's economy added 200,000 jobs in the month of December, while the jobless rate ticked down to 8.5 percent.

Even though the nation's jobless rate is on the rise, millions of people could see their unemployment checks stop coming at the end of the year.

The unemployment rate dropped, but don't take that as a good sign yet. Reporter Mitchell Hartman explains how to understand the latest unemployment figures.

Nevada's jobless rate hit a record high last month and and is now the highest in the nation, the first time in four years that Michigan doesn't hold that distinction, according to a government report released Friday.

Obama administration officials urged lawmakers Tuesday to support the president's budget, saying it will drive job growth.

The U.S. economy shed 36,000 jobs and the unemployment rate was unchanged in February, according to a government report released Friday.

November's unemployment figures overall were positive, with the jobless rate dropping two percentage points to 10%.

However, the number of people who have been looking for work for more than six months is increasing. Mitchell Hartman reports.

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday raised its estimate for economic growth next year and forecast lower unemployment ahead, although the jobless rate will stay uncomfortably high for at least the next three years.

Continuing layoffs on Wall Street drove the city’s jobless rate to a 16-year high in August.

The unemployment rate fell in 17 states and the District of Columbia last month, a positive sign even as the pain of joblessness remains widespread.