RELAB REPORT | The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported a 3.6% unemployment rate for workers age 55 and older in December, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from November.

BRIEF | The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported a 3.5% unemployment rate for workers age 55 and older in November, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from October.

RELAB POLICY NOTE | The Bureau of Labor Statistics today reported an unemployment rate of 3.7% for workers aged 55 and older in October. However, the unemployment rate fails to reflect the increasing concentration of older workers in low-wage service jobs.

BRIEF | Guaranteed Retirement Accounts would supplement an expanded Social Security.

RELAB POLICY NOTE | This morning’s job report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) calculates a 3.6% unemployment rate for workers age 55 and older in September, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from August.

RELAB POLICY NOTE | The historically low headline unemployment rate for older workers - 3.5% in August according to today’s BLS jobs report - is frequently cited as evidence that people can can continue to work if they have inadequate retirement income.

BRIEF | The July unemployment rate for workers over 55 is 3.7%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from last month.

BRIEF | The unemployment rate for older workers was 3.5% in June, increasing by 0.1 percentage points from May.

BRIEF | The Department of Labor’s monthly unemployment report released today shows an unemployment rate of 3.4% for workers over the age of 55.

BRIEF | More than half of American households who are near retirement have less than $12,000 saved.

BRIEF | A smaller share of older workers are officially looking for work. The unemployment rate for workers aged 55 to 64 was 3.6% in April, down 0.3 percentage points from March.

BRIEF | The reported unemployment rate for older workers often looks better than that for younger workers.

BRIEF | The average unemployment rate is down. But it is up for older workers. Today’s jobs report from the Department of Labor reports an unemployment rate of 3.7% for workers over 55 in January, up from 3.2% last month, an increase of 0.5 percentage points.

RELAB POLICY NOTE | The unemployment rate is falling for workers in all age groups. For workers over 55, today’s jobs report from the Department of Labor shows an unemployment rate of 3.2% in December, a decrease of 0.5 percentage points from last month.

BRIEF | Today’s unemployment report - while good news for the overall economy - reveals that the number of older people in the labor market continues to outpace population growth.

BRIEF | Economic growth can be a rising tide to lift all boats, so we are told. Advocates for cutting Social Security benefits by raising the retirement age imply that economic growth will create jobs for older workers left to work longer.

BRIEF | The Department of Labor today announced the September unemployment rate for workers between the ages of 55-64 was 3.6%.

BRIEF | The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a slight increase for the unemployment rate for older workers (aged 55 and over) from 3.7% to 3.8% in August.

BRIEF | Presidential candidate Chris Christie used the GOP presidential debate to repeat his call to cut Social Security benefits by increasing the retirement age.

BRIEF | Chris Christie and his proposal to raise the retirement age are officially part of the 2016 presidential campaign.