The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

The “seeming” post Fed meeting rally for the S&P 500 is head scratcher for sure. That’s because as we dig below the surface, the overall market has not really rallied…just the usual suspects in the mega cap space. As you dissect the Fed statements there is a great divide in…

Both unemployment and employment levels back to pre-pandemic levels, but inflation and rising interest rates temper mood

Thorpe tells Senate she had reported experiences to former Coalition government

China’s factory and consumer activity weakened further in May and surging unemployment among young people in cities broke the previous month’s record as an economic rebound following the end of anti-virus controls slowed

Employers expand workforces even as growth slows, surprising economists

The jobless rate has fallen back to 3.6 per cent after 76,000 jobs were added to the economy.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues have made major mistakes in their battle with inflation.

The RBA and whoever happens to be in government right now want unemployment up above 4 per cent to 4.25 or 4.5 per cent.

A post by Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause), which he kindly allowed me to pass along: Yesterday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals decided four separate appeals from decisions of Unemployment Law Judges who denied unemployment benefits because an applicant refused on religious grounds to comply with an employer's Covid vaccine…