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Economists have begun to consider how many jobs are at risk in a sharp downturn, particularly one caused by COVID-19.
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Widespread job loss is always part of a ripple effect. One region or industry is hit, and that moves to many others.
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Why is a solid jobs report was being ignored early on Friday? Is the assumption that things are going to be much worse in a week, a month and maybe for much longer?
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The global growth story has weakened in 2020. The good news, at least so far, is that the U.S. job market largely has been unaffected.
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Months of job increases could be reversed quickly if industries such as retail, travel and consumer goods suffer a drop in demand. The remedy to a fall-off in revenue is usually cost cuts, and often...
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Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas announced Thursday that employers announced 67,735 job cuts in January, the highest total in 11 months.
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ADP reported a surprising number of private sector payrolls added in January. See how that will affect expectations for Friday's employment report from the Labor Department.
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Alaska remained the state with the highest unemployment rate in December for several reasons. Yet, the median household income in Alaska is among the highest of all states.
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Some economists have been pointing to cracks in the overall forecast for the jobs market in 2020. One factor that will support at least some of the concerns is the Labor Department's Job Openings and...
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The national unemployment rate was 3.5% again in December, among the lowest levels in decades. However, for one group, the figure was much higher.
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The United States has now gone 10 straight years with consistent and consecutive jobs growth, after an in-line jobs report on Friday.
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While the initial Employment Situation report for December from the Bureau of labor Statistics has still not been released, it may not much matter in the job market whether the year-end unemployment...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released its unemployment numbers for America’s 389 metro areas for the month of November. The trend was generally positive. Unemployment for the month was down...
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Announced job cuts of more than 590,000 in 2019 were the fourth-highest total of the past decade, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Autoworkers and manufacturing...
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The jobless rate in America has dropped to a five-decade low. Bucking that trend is Alaska, the state with the highest unemployment rate.
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