Video: 08/13 Retail Sales Decline, Initial Jobless Claims Rise

08/13/09 Retail sale unexpectedly in July while initial jobless claims jumped bringin to the forefront concerns over consumer spending.

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Video: 08/06 Jobless Claims Down

08/06/09 Data shows the number of initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell but retail sales are weak.

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Video: US Unemployment Rate Continues To Reach Records

The US unemployment rate, currently at a 26-year high, continues to rise at an astounding pace with the state of Michigan leading the nation where the unemployment rate is above 15%.

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Video: 06/05 Economy Lost 345,000 Jobs in May

06/05/09 The economy continues to shed jobs but at a slower rate than before, but there is still room for caution.

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Video: New jobless claims drop, rolls reach 6.7M

The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment insurance dropped slightly last week after spiking due to auto layoffs, while continuing jobless claims moved closer to 7 million. (May 21)

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Video: Jobless rate rises but pace of layoffs slows

The pace of layoffs slowed in April when employers cut 539,000 jobs, the fewest in six months. But the AP's Mark Hamrick says unemployment rate climbed to 8.9 percent, the highest since late 1983.

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Video: 04/17 Labor Market Lags

04/17/09 Despite brief respite jobless claims remain at record high.

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Video: Sharp rise in jobless claims strains economy

New jobless claims rose more than expected last week and the number of Americans continuing to receive unemployment benefits has topped 5.1 million, fresh evidence the recession is increasingly forcing employers to shed jobs.

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Video - Business Update: Jobless data flat

The same amount of Americans lined-up for first time jobles benefits last week compared to the prior week, but a record number are still receiving benefits. Producer prices rose in January for the first time in five months. Hormel beats, Sprint Nextel sheds subscribers, and Hewlett-Packard cuts its full-year outlook. The fallout from the $8 billion Allen Stanford fraud allegation spread across Latin America, the Caribbean and possibly beyond.

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Video: Unemployment recipients at all-time high

The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has risen to 4..78 million - the highest amount on records dating back to 1967.

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Video: Thousands of Jobs Cut

01/27/09 On Monday companies representing variety of sectors of the economy announced massive layoffs numbering in the thousands.

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Video: Jobs Numbers Not Surprising

01/09/09 The reaction to the employment data was already built into the markets, says James McGuire Jr., of Christopher J. Forbes. One of the reasons why you're not seeing a major sell-off.

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Video: Stocks Fall amid Employment Data and Deficit Projections

01/07/09 ADP report shows large job loss for the economy, 2009 deficit epected to hit $1.2 trillion while the Bank of America and Intel issue warnings.

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Video: Jan 4 - The Week Ahead

A look at the stocks, stories aand data that could have the biggest impact in the coming week.

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