Andrea Jones hadn’t yet settled on a date to retire from her customer service job at United Airlines when Newark airport started looking like a ghost town in March 2020. […]
Opinion | How to Keep the Economy Booming — And Meet the Demand for Workers
In recent economic news, optimists and pessimists could both find evidence to support their outlooks. The May jobs report showed a gain of 559,000 jobs in May and a decline […]
Budget 2021: Grant Robertson delivers boost for beneficiaries: The Government’s ‘two-bird-one stone’ Budget
BUDGET AT A GLANCE• The big-ticket item is a $3.3 billion for boosting benefits – by up to $55 per week by April 2022.• Health budget delivers $200m more for […]
Liam Dann: Will unemployment rise? The real clues to the economy’s strength
Strong demand for workers likely kept the unemployment rate steady in the first quarter of 2021, economists say. New labour Market data for the first quarter is released on Wednesday. […]
Claims for unemployment benefits fall to 787,000, down 19,000 nationwide
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 19,000 but remain elevated at 787,000 as a resurgent coronavirus grips the U.S. economy. While at the lowest level […]
Unemployment rate rises to 5.3 per cent – 151,000 out of work
Unemployment rose to 5.3 per cent in the September quarter. In the September 2020 quarter, the seasonally adjusted number of unemployed people rose by 37,000 to reach 151,000, as the […]
1.4 million seek unemployment aid — the first weekly increase since March
WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time since the pandemic struck in March, evidence of the deepening economic pain the […]
Taking a gamble during the pandemic: students’ and graduates’ tales
The school leaver Rhiannon Aitken, 17 Following the outbreak, Rhiannon Aiken had been grappling with whether to attend university in September or defer her place and pick up extra hours […]