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The decline in employment in the 10 largest counties over the past year is breathtakingly large. The largest was in New Jersey.
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The U.S. Labor Department has released its reading on jobless claims for the week of November 7, 2020.
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The latest data show that Black American unemployment was 80% higher than for white Americans last month.
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Wall Street probably didn't even bother to pay attention to Friday's stellar jobs report. Right now it is all about the election and vote counting.
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Thursday's financial news included two key reports on the employment picture ahead of Friday's key unemployment report.
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U.S. employers announced more than 80,000 job cuts in October, the lowest monthly total since February. While that indicates improvement, job cuts planned for this year have already topped 2.1...
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There may not yet be a hiring recession happening again, but small businesses are tempering some of their hiring and rehiring as the new wave of COVID-19 cases increases the odds of another shutdown.
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Manufacturing activity in the United States saw an increase in activity in October, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
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The jobless claims appear to be at the lowest level since the pandemic began.
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The U.S. poverty rate fell during three months of the COVID-19 lockdowns but has been rising again as federal payments and benefits to individuals have ended.
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The Department of Labor reports a sharp rise in its number of weekly jobless claims to the highest level since August.
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After each monthly unemployment report, there is another look at the jobs economy. The U.S. Department of Labor releases its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary.
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The U.S. unemployment fell to 7.9% in September as 661,000 people found jobs.
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The employment bases in the lowest unemployment cities are stable, as well as in industries in which layoffs are unlikely.
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In the first nine months of 2020, U.S. companies have announced nearly 2.1 million job cuts, already more than the record full-year total set in 2001.
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