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Union Budget 2024: When will it be presented, what time, where to watch and what are various sectors expecting?
Budget 2024 will be marked by major social and economic decisions, Sitharaman had recently noted in…
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Unemployment among Indian youth is high, but it is transient: RBI MPC member
Ashima Goyal addressed the transient nature of youth unemployment in India, highlighting a shift to…
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Europe doesn't have a labor shortage like the US. It's all about the different ways governments paid people not to work.
US employment is still far below pre-pandemic levels, unlike Europe where many workers were tempora…
Juliana Kaplan  Â
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Indiana resumes federal pandemic unemployment benefits after court ruling
Gov. Eric Holcomb initially cut off the enhanced federal payments in June, citing the need for unem…
John L. Dorman  Â
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GOP-led states are cutting $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits. Here's the 9 states doing so this summer.
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Juliana …  Â
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Most Americans support ending enhanced unemployment benefits early, survey says
Twenty-six states are ending the federal benefit ahead of its September expiration. A new survey sh…
Ben Winck  Â
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The GOP could reduce federal unemployment benefits to $200 a week. That would shed an estimated 3.4 million jobs from the economy.
Many economists credit the $600 federal weekly unemployment boost to state unemployment checks with…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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If a recession comes, don't count on unemployment insurance — states aren't ready to give you benefits
The next big recession probably won't feature beefed-up unemployment benefits, and checks could tak…
Juliana Kaplan  Â
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Unemployment declining faster in states that are cutting off $300 enhanced federal benefits, according to WSJ
Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri said that federal benefits helped in the past, but the payments now "w…
John L. Dorman  Â
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The Trump administration is considering unilateral action on enhanced unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium if no deal is struck with Congress
Trump said he would consider circumventing Congress on payroll taxes and evictions if stimulus nego…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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Unemployment benefits are competitive with most states' average wages - and it could explain why Americans aren't rushing back to work
Average wages are higher than expanded unemployment in 47 states, Insider calculates, but UI is com…
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz  Â
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The government is setting hard-hit Americans up for disaster by forcing them to pay back unemployment benefits
"How am I supposed to live?" Workers are being forced to make impossible decisions as the governmen…
Eoin Higgins  Â
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Mitch McConnell says he hopes to negotiate a stimulus agreement 'in the next few weeks' with millions of Americans set to lose their enhanced unemployment benefits
The time frame could spell financial calamity for millions of Americans collecting unemployment ins…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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How unemployed Americans scored a big last-minute win in Biden's infrastructure bill, cutting a $50 billion measure that could have stripped their benefits
Late in the talks, senators removed a measure to generate funds by cutting unemployment fraud. It c…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Juliana …  Â
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The truth behind America's labor shortage is we're not ready to rethink work
In a strange time of the economy reopening and normal life "returning," millions of Americans want …
Juliana Kaplan,Ben Winck  Â
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GOP governors are kicking people off unemployment - if not getting them back to work
In states that cut benefits early, unemployment recipients have sunk 14% since early June, Insider …
Ben Winck,Andy Kiersz  Â
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4 possible explanations for the shocking decline in new jobs
April's jobs report badly missed the forecast of 1 million payroll additions, coming in at just 266…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan  Â
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Biden signals he backs ending $300 federal unemployment benefit in September as set under stimulus law
The White House said Biden's remarks didn't extend to federal programs aiding gig-workers and long-…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Juliana …  Â
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Around 2 million people could face delays getting $300 federal unemployment benefits
The temporary setback could hit mostly gig workers, freelancers, and people who exhausted their sta…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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The Senate approves a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, drawing another step closer to final passage after turbulent stretch of voting
Sen. Joe Manchin's objection to unemployment aid provisions halted Senate activity for hours while …