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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.
The U.S. Labor Department has released its reading on jobless claims for the week of November 7, 2020.
The latest data show that Black American unemployment was 80% higher than for white Americans last month.
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.
Thursday's financial news included two key reports on the employment picture ahead of Friday's key unemployment report.
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...
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.
Manufacturing activity in the United States saw an increase in activity in October, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
The jobless claims appear to be at the lowest level since the pandemic began.
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.
The Department of Labor reports a sharp rise in its number of weekly jobless claims to the highest level since August.
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.
The U.S. unemployment fell to 7.9% in September as 661,000 people found jobs.
The employment bases in the lowest unemployment cities are stable, as well as in industries in which layoffs are unlikely.
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.