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Unemployed Workers Outnumber Jobs Available For First Time Since 2021 + National Unemployment Rate For Black Americans Now The Highest Since 2021

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, unemployed workers officially outnumber the jobs available in the U.S., according to The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest JOLTS survey. The ... Read More

Why the unemployment rate rose even though the economy added 119,000 jobs in September

A delayed jobs report shows U.S. employers added 119,00 jobs in September. Still, the unemployment rate inched up from 4.3% in August to 4.4%. Read More

More Americans Are Stuck With the Jobs They Can Get, Not the Ones They Want

The faltering U.S. labor market is pushing more Americans into part-time work and other roles they don’t want, and that don’t always pay the bills. The official unemployment rate in the U.S. remains ... Read More

The long-delayed September jobs report showed the US added way more jobs than expected

September's job growth was way above the 53,000 expected, and unemployment unexpectedly ticked up from 4.3%. Read More

Applications for U.S. jobless benefits rise last week but remain in healthy range of past few years

The number of Americans seeking jobless benefits rose modestly last week, suggesting that employers are still retaining workers even as the economy has showed signs of slowing. Applications for ... Read More

Unemployment up as employers added just 22,000 jobs last month

The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3% last month, worse than expected and the highest level since 2021. President Trump, who fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a disappointing ... Read More

Jobless claims reach highest level since 2021, a sign layoffs are rising

New federal labor data shows U.S. workers filed 263,000 claims for unemployment benefits last week, the highest level since October 2021 and another sign the job market is cooling. The Department of ... Read More

Government will release September jobs report next week

The Labor Department will release its numbers on September hiring and unemployment next Thursday, a month and a half late, marking the beginning of the end of a data drought caused by the 43-day feder ... Read More

Black Unemployment Rises Again in Jobs Report

The racial gap in the labor market is widening. The unemployment rate for Black Americans rose to 7.5% in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. That’s up from a seasonally adjusted 7.2% ... Read More

Job growth badly missed expectations in August, and unemployment ticked up

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Unemployed workers outnumber available jobs for first time since 2021

The number of job openings decreased by more in July than economists were expecting as the labor market recalibrates in response to President Trump’s trade war and immigration crackdown. Open jobs in ... Read More