by dankeelan | Jun 2, 2026 | Featured, Remote Work, Unemployment
Research shows that a rise in remote work since the COVID-19 pandemic is connected to a rise in unemployment among younger employees, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Monday. In a blog post, the research authors said they estimate about 64% of the rise in...
by dankeelan | Mar 24, 2026 | Jobs, U.S. Economy, Unemployment
America is becoming a nation of pessimistic workers. For the first time in Gallup’s tracking, more workers have a negative view of their prospects. Even as many measures show that the economy is relatively robust, more workers report struggling than thriving,...
by dankeelan | Feb 3, 2026 | U.S. Economy, Unemployment
While many analysts consider the U.S. labor market to be going through a downturn, the reality is not uniform—with certain states seeing their unemployment rates improve, and others experiencing sizeable increases. According to preliminary figures released...
by dankeelan | Nov 4, 2025 | Jobs, U.S. Economy, Unemployment
The U.S. Labor Department probably won’t be able to publish the October employment report on Friday as scheduled. So Wall Street is turning to other indicators including credit-card spending, corporate earning results and state jobless claims to try to get a fuller...
by dankeelan | Oct 14, 2025 | Michigan, Unemployment
More than five years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, Michigan says it overpaid on unemployment benefits and is now demanding that money back. The Unemployment Insurance Agency, or UIA, says about 350,000 workers are required to return what they thought was free...
by dankeelan | Sep 9, 2025 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy, Unemployment
The economy added just 22,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3% from 4.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. August’s job report also included a downward revision to June, which showed the US economy lost 13,000 jobs that month. It’s...
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