Posts Tagged ‘employment’
Employment picture won’t improve unless housing does
October 2nd, 2010Employment picture won’t improve unless housing does Conventional wisdom holds the weak job market undermines a recovery in housing. Without a job, how can any buyer hope to qualify for a mortgage, let alone come up with a down payment? But perhaps it is housing keeping the job market from a more robust recovery. Read [...]
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District Latinos face challenges in employment and housing, study says
August 7th, 2010District Latinos face challenges in employment and housing, study says The recession has been particularly harsh for many of the District’s Latino residents, who are heavily represented in some of the lowest-paying jobs and have clustered in neighborhoods where rents and condominium conversions soared during the decade, according to an Urban Institute study. United States [...]
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Service sector grows more slowly, employment weak
July 7th, 2010Service sector grows more slowly, employment weak The U.S. service sector expanded in June for a sixth straight month but growth was at the slowest pace since February, the latest evidence that the economic recovery is cooling. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
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