The Latest Breaking News from Unemployment

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

Bank of America's chief economist Michael Gapen revised his recession forecast again this week, citing strength in the labor market—but he says a "growth recession" is still coming in 2024.

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…

on the grounds that the firing was for "misconduct" (such as violation of a social media policy)?