ADVISORY/Unemployment Claims Highest in Three Months.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1998-- TOPIC: Economists' belief that foreign economic crises and reduced U.S. exports will negatively impact American workers has been validated val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. . Last week, 318,000 people filed unemployment claims, bringing the number of first-time claimants to a three-month high. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Jonathan Gruber Gru·ber , Max von 1853-1927. Austrian bacteriologist noted for his work in serum diagnosis, including the discovery (1896) of the specific agglutination of bacteria by the blood serum of immunized animals. is Deputy Assistant Secretary, Economic Policy, for the U.S. Treasury U.S. Treasury Created in 1798, the United States Department of the Treasury is the government (Cabinet) department responsible for issuing all Treasury bonds, notes and bills. Some of the government branches operating under the U.S. Treasury umbrella include the IRS, U.S. Department and a professor of economics at MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Geraldine Wulff of Museum Services International focuses on unemployment policy and unemployement compensation. Jere R. Behrman is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. and concentrates on labor markets labor market A place where labor is exchanged for wages; an LM is defined by geography, education and technical expertise, occupation, licensure or certification requirements, and job experience in the U.S. with substantial research experience in Asia. -0- ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. Journalists seeking to interview any of these experts can obtain contact information by visiting the ExpertSource website: http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at the above web address. Business Wire's Virtual Press Club provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com) for more information. |
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