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Workers are quitting because they want higher wages. Employers are finally starting to listen.
For years, wages were declining and low-paying jobs were on the rise. Now, workers have made it cle…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff  Â
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The wildest pandemic-era economic indicator has gotten boring. That's a good thing.
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits is near pre-pandemic levels. After 2 years…
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz  Â
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Black buyers are getting pushed out of the housing market faster than anyone else
Only 245,300 of the homes for sale in the US right now are affordable to those earning the median i…
Alcynna Lloyd  Â
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The IRS is wildly understaffed, and it could make for a hellish tax season
Between mountains of paper and tens of millions of backlogged phone calls, the IRS already has its …
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…  Â
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Jobless claims rebound to 222,000 in second-lowest weekly read of 2021
Continuing claims, which track Americans receiving continuous unemployment benefits, slid below 2 m…
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz  Â
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The labor market kept rebounding in November with the US adding 534,000 private payrolls
ADP's monthly employment report showed November hiring beating the average economist forecast of 52…
Ben Winck  Â
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US jobless claims mark a full recovery to pre-COVID lows, sliding to 199,000
Jobless claims hit their lowest point since 1969 while continuing claims fell to 2.05 million for t…
Ben Winck,Madison Hoff  Â
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US weekly jobless claims fall below 1 million for the first time since March
While the number of new unemployment filings remains stubbornly high, the figure slipped below 1 mi…
Carmen Reinicke  Â
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US jobless claims dip to new pandemic low of 268,000
Continuing claims, which count people receiving unemployment benefits, fell to 2.08 million for the…
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz  Â
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Roughly 5.4 million Americans will struggle to pay bills this month without the extra $600 weekly unemployment benefit, survey finds
"Without additional funding, millions of unemployed Americans are at risk of financial insolvency b…
Carmen Reinicke  Â
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It's not a 'Great Resignation' that will change work forever, one economist says. His calculations show the labor shortage is ending soon.
Daniel Alpert has a Jobs Quality Index showing that workers don't want crappy jobs. But he also has…
Ben Winck  Â
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US weekly jobless claims slide below 300,000 to new pandemic low
Continuing claims, which track Americans receiving unemployment benefits, slid to 2.59 million for …
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz  Â
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Biden gambled that cutting off federal jobless aid would drive people back to work. The September jobs report blew a hole through that idea.
Biden let millions of Americans lose unemployment benefits in September after allowing 26 states to…
Juliana Kaplan,Andy Kiersz,Jo…  Â
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September jobs report misses expectations with just 194,000 new payrolls amid Delta slowdown
Last month's job gains missed the median forecast of 500,000 payrolls by a lot. It's a continued sl…
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz,Madison…  Â
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US weekly jobless claims slide to 326,000 - snapping three straight weeks of increases
Continuing claims, which count Americans receiving unemployment benefits, fell to 2.71 million for …
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz  Â
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US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly jump to 362,000 as government creeps toward default
Continuing claims, which count Americans receiving unemployment benefits, fell to 2.8 million for t…
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz  Â
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US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly jump to 351,000 as the labor market's recovery stumbles
Continuing claims, which track Americans receiving unemployment benefits, jumped to 2.85 million fo…
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz  Â
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Cuts to COVID-era unemployment benefits will lower US incomes by nearly $145 billion, according to economic think tank
The average annual decrease in income from UI cuts is $13,728 per person, and the average annual de…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell,Julia…  Â
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AOC says ending federal unemployment benefits was 'based on fantasy, not data'
Federal unemployment benefits ended this month, but millions of Americans that were cut off aren't …
Juliana Kaplan  Â
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US weekly jobless claims shoot up to 332,000 in first week after federal boost's expiration
Continuing claims, which count Americans receiving unemployment benefits, fell to 2.67 million for …