As the additional $600 unemployment benefits provided by the U.S. federal government end this month, visual journalist Ella Koeze, NYT, used a chart toshowwhat these payments mean for Americans and what is going to happen to the country when this regular stimulus payment actually disappears. Ma...
Initial claims for unemployment benefits have been running at very low level for months, but flared higher by 33,000 in the week ending October 5. At least a portion of the increase is the effect of Hurricane Helene, which drove its way through Florida and Georgia before wreaking havoc on ...
Rising unemployment. For students of history, or people of a certain age, it all has an all-too-familiar ring. Is this another Great Depression? Not yet. By any measure, our current economic suffering pales in comparison with what the nation endured from 1929 through 1939. Still, most ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but that did not signal a material shift in the labor market amid temporary automobile plant closures and disruptions from Hurricane Beryl. The weekly jo...