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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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Out of all the American cities the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks, these four had the highest unemployment rates in August.
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Layoffs in the travel and entertainment industry could upend the economic recovery. The process already has begun and is certain to spread.
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Small businesses are often collectively referred to as the backbone of the U.S. economy. While the stock market managed to recapture all of the losses from February and March and hit new all-time...
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Older workers who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic have dropped out of the workforce or are having more difficulty finding new jobs than are younger workers.
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Each week following the unemployment report, the U.S. Department of Labor releases its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary.
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The release of jobs data for August from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed unemployment was 8.4% nationwide, another in a line of monthly improvements. The number of people out of work...
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Economists have traditionally used three letters to describe an economic recovery. A “V-shaped” one is a sharp decline in gross domestic product followed by a rapid recovery. The process takes a...
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Thursday’s sell-off in the stock market may have been profit taking in the market darlings after such massive runs, but there was already a growing fear that Friday’s unemployment report was...
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The unemployment rate in July was 10.5%, an improvement from each of the two prior months. However, the figure is still above the worst single month of The Great Recession–October 2009. According...
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Announced job cuts for the first eight months of this year surpass 2019's 12-month total for last year. Roughly 1.1 million of the cuts are related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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