unemployment
Nearly 17 million have lost their jobs, overwhelming state unemployment agencies
April 9, 2020While the government did not release data by race or ethnic group, the Economic Policy Institute warns people of color are suffering more.
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New jobless claims skyrocket to 6.648 million, double last week
April 2, 2020Welcome to the rerun of the Great Recession, if not the Great Depression, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and its spread through the U.S.
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April 1—Rent’s due: Struggling to pay when there are no jobs
April 1, 2020For millions of Americans, Wednesday is the first time the landlord is knocking on the door since the coronavirus outbreak turned the economy upside down.
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Weekly jobless claims skyrocket to 3.28 million, breaking all records
March 26, 2020WASHINGTON—Due to coronavirus pandemic shutdowns, weekly jobless claims skyrocketed in the week ending March 21 to 3.283 million, shattering all records since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started collecting such data. The enormous rise also left...
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Jobs numbers conceal real unemployment and underemployment rate of 7.2%
September 6, 2019130,000 new jobs last month—but 20% of them were census temps. “This isn’t a very strong employment report,” AFL-CIO chief economist William Spriggs said.
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