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Unemployment
Miscalculation of unemployment data not easy to fix
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Andy Uhler
Jul 1, 2020
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said it might have been undercounting the number of workers classified as "unemployed on temporary layoff."
When $600-a-week pandemic unemployment checks run out, what then?
Jun 30, 2020
If Congress doesn't act, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation is set to expire on July 31.
The Fed says big banks have passed their COVID-era stress tests
Jun 25, 2020
But the central bank is putting a stop to share buybacks and limiting bank dividends.
Applications for jobless aid fall to still-high 1.48 million
Jun 25, 2020
It's the 12th straight drop in first-time claims, a sign that layoffs are slowing but still at a high level.
Why is unemployment still so high?
Jun 19, 2020
Weekly jobless claims have leveled off at well above 1 million, as new layoffs offset people called back to work.
Unemployment claims still historically high despite increased in reopenings
Jun 18, 2020
About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week.
As COVID-19 lockdown eases, Britain faces an unfamiliar threat: mass unemployment
Jun 17, 2020
Laid-off workers try to come to terms with a grueling new reality in what was once Europe’s most vibrant labor market.
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Which jobs are coming back first? Which may never return?
by
Scott Tong
Jun 17, 2020
A snapshot of who's hiring now, plus a warning about employment predictions in an unknown COVID-19 recovery.
Work-sharing programs allow companies to keep furloughed workers
by
David Wagner
Jun 17, 2020
Not all states have the programs, in which workers' hours are cut and unemployment benefits are used to fill in wages.
The effects of unemployment spread like a virus
Jun 16, 2020
A possible cure for the economic crisis caused by the pandemic? The job guarantee. Pavlina Tcherneva of Bard College explains the job-creation idea.