Unemployment

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P. Gardner Goldsmith | February 5, 2024
    In 1992, Al Gore made himself the target of well-deserved mockery when he told a crowd that, economically, “everything that ought to be down…
Craig Bannister | February 2, 2024
A surprisingly high 353,000 jobs were added in January, causing the nation’s unemployment rate to hold at 3.7% for the third straight month,…
Craig Bannister | November 3, 2023
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose less than expected in October, even though September’s total was revised downward, and the unemployment rate…
Brittany M. Hughes | June 6, 2023
Here’s a lesson in how not to do math: if your state is facing a $31.5 billion deficit this year while hemorrhaging tidal waves of people like the…
Craig Bannister | June 2, 2023
The unemployment rate rose to 3.7% in May, as the number of employed fell and the number of job-seekers increased from April, according to seasonally…
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P. Gardner Goldsmith | January 9, 2023
    Once upon a time, one had to watch “The Wonderful World of Disney,” or, more recently, “Game of Thrones” to gaze at fantasy, but viewers of…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | December 19, 2022
Reading George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, “1984” today gives one the impression that he infused it with dark satire, based on political…
Brittany M. Hughes | September 27, 2022
While businesses were trying to stay float and millions of unemployed people were doing kitchen table math just to pay their bills, states across the…
Nick Kangadis | January 4, 2022
President Joe “Beijing” Biden has really ramped up his rhetoric concerning the "successes" the economy has undergone lately, despite continued rising…
Nick Kangadis | July 30, 2021
The eviction moratorium that was put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic is scheduled to end on Saturday. On one hand, landlords across the country…
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Libby | July 22, 2021
Shattering hopes that the United States would cruise into a strong economic recovery, initial jobless claims last week rose past predictions. An…
Brittany M. Hughes | June 4, 2021
The U.S. economy added another 559,000 jobs in the month of May, missing the estimated goal of 650,000 jobs by nearly 100k and marking the second…