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USA: this article discusses how, following the most recent recession, the US labor market improved throughout the country, driven by rising retail sales and "solid growth" in manufacturing. "Labor market conditions continued to strengthen modestly, with all Districts reporting some degree of improvement," The article also goes on to discuss labor demand and growing economies.

This article discusses how a flexible labor market model can only lead to less permanent-job contracts, lower wages, and even lead to eventual unemployment. For example, the share of employees with temporary contracts is much higher in the EU than in Romania, however, it has been noted that the EU has higher unemployment rates than Romania... Further consequences of the implementation of a flexible labor market model are also evaluated. Link to "What is a Flexible Labour Market?": http://tutor2u.net/economics/revision-notes/a2-macro-flexible-labour-markets.html

America has done a better job keeping GDP up than almost any other developed nation affected by the Great Recession. But it's done a far worse job keeping unemployment down. Why? America has a very weak labor union movement. An underconsumption of labor union movements here engenders market failure. This article discusses this idea in further detail.

This article discusses how the labor market in Germany has improved over the past year, especially recently in January and February 2011. Unemployment has declined sharply by over 75,000!

The labor market in Germany has improved and unemployment declined thanks to the country's solid economic upswing.

This article discusses how Germany's labor market improved sharply in February and unemployment declined by much more than expected, owing to the country's solid economic upswing and increase in aggregate demand for jobs in the country. And demand for employees continues to increase...

This article applied the concept of a labor market to baseball. It suggested that infielders are better hitter s than outfilders and explain this in economic term.

THE passage this month of free trade agreements may be a victory not only for President Obama, but also for workers in Colombia, Panama and South Korea. Although the anticipated economic consequences of these agreements are small, these pacts also offer a mechanism for improving workers' rights in partner countries.

This article highlights a free trade deal between many south American countries and the united states which apparently will increase labor standards there.

In this article Is vividly shown UK's 2010 labor market and here is also discussion whether its good or not

This is an article by the New York Times addressing the issue of gender equality in the job market. Married women who have children must take time off work and the employment business is harsh in terms of promotion and pay when it comes to taking time off work - naturally women are disadvantaged in our society today. The articles dives in to explore the situation.

Fears are growing that Asia's recent troubles with inflation could go deeper than initially expected as countries bump up against labor shortages (in Singapore's case for example) and other problems commonly seen in times of too-fast growth. Furthermore, inflation concerns in Asia have focused on rising food costs exacerbated by bad weather and, more recently, higher oil prices amid political tensions in the Middle East

manufacturing in China is about to get far more expensive.Soaring labor costs caused by worker shortages and unrest, a strengthening Chinese currency that makes exports more expensive, and inflation and rising housing costs are all threatening to sharply increase the cost of making devices like iphone

Good article to talk about unemployment. Not only does it talk about the unemployment rates in the last few months in the US but it also talks about which job sectors are hiring (a good example of structural unemployment/employment)

This article discusses the recent decline in unemployment in the US. The US has had decreased unemployment each month over the past 3 months, and this is with the terrible snowstorms in January. This is a very good sign that the recession is truly coming to an end.

People are dropping out of their jobs at a higher rate than ever, even though hiring has bounced back a bit. Unemployment rate is up to 8.9%. The recession has driven younger people out of the job market and back into school. People over 55 are going back to work because their savings were depleted due to the recession. -Michael

this article is about Brown County and its unemployment rate. Unemployment rate in Brown County keeps rising from December 2010 to today. In December 2010, it was 11.4 % and now it is 13.7%. also, it means that 2900 were unemployed out of 21500 civilian work force last month. Highest unemployment rate was in January 2010, when it was 14.7%.

Keynesian economics is said to be a suitable solution for the current economic times because it solves problems that relate to labor and debt. -Michael