Paul Wiseman

• 

  Applications for jobless aid fall

  By Paul Wiseman  |  May 23, 2013

  The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth.

• 

  Economy adds fewest jobs in nine months

  By Christopher S. Rugaber, Paul Wiseman  |  April 5, 2013

  U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The slowdown may signal that the economy is heading into a weak spring.

• Unemployment fell in February in 22 states

  By Paul Wiseman  |  March 29, 2013

  Unemployment rates fell in 22 U.S. states in February from January, a sign that hiring gains are benefiting many parts of the country.

• 

  Jobless claims jump again

  By Paul Wiseman  |  March 28, 2013

  The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped by 16,000 last week, the second straight weekly increase. But the longer-term trend in layoffs remained consistent with an improved job market.

• 

  Will smart machines create a world without work?

  By Bernard Condon, Paul Wiseman  |  January 25, 2013

  Last in a three-part series on the loss of middle-class jobs in the wake of the Great Recession, and the role of technology.

• Manufacturers cutting white-collar jobs now, too

  By Bernard Condon, Paul Wiseman  |  January 24, 2013

  Manufacturers have been using technology to cut blue-collar jobs for years. Now, they're targeting their white-collar workers, too.

• 

  Practically human

  By Bernard Condon, Jonathan Fahey, Paul Wiseman  |  January 24, 2013

  Second in a three-part series on the loss of middle-class jobs in the wake of the Great Recession, and the role of technology.

• 

  Recession, tech kill middle-class jobs

  By Bernard Condon, Paul Wiseman  |  January 23, 2013

  Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middle-class jobs have been lost in developed countries the world over. And the situation is even worse than it appears.

• 

  Weekly jobless claims jump

  By Paul Wiseman  |  December 20, 2012

  The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week by 17,000, reversing four weeks of declines.

• Bernanke insists Fed can do more

  By Paul Wiseman  |  August 31, 2012

  Chairman Ben Bernanke made clear Friday that the Federal Reserve will do more to boost the economy because of high U.S. unemployment and an economic recovery that remains "far from satisfactory."