#Unemployment

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

Stagflation 101The term "stagflation" is used frequently in discussions of monetary policy and risks in the post-COVID world.But what is stagflation and how does it work?Here's Stagflation 101! 1/ Before

CBC News Alerts

CBCAlerts

Canada lost 1,011,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate shot up to 7.8% in March from 5.6% in February, StatsCan says. The number dwarfs the previous record of 129,000,

TheCyberChick

warriors_mom

Riding the State Unemployment Fraud ‘Wave’ as a number of U.S. states are possibly making it easier for crooks by leaking their citizens’ personal data from the very websites the

Power Coalition for Equity and Justice

PowerCoEJ

Hey! Hi, Louisiana!We are entering one of the most decisive times of this pandemic. The decisions made in the next few weeks will impact us for decades. Funding for state

Wendell Potter

wendellpotter

As a former insurance exec I knew my old industry was out of touch, but this is bad: The industry got some rightwing economists to say how great it is

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

Another 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. That brings the total since widespread business shutdowns began in mid-March to 26.5 million.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/business/stock-market-today-coronavirus.html?type

facts are facts.

AKCamardelle

Are you tired of this tired idea floating around that people who turn to unemployment insurance are "better off" not going back to work because the feds are providing a

Joe Colangelo

Itsjoeco

In the last two days I've had 3 people turn down $20/hour and 20 hours/week because they don't want to lose their unemployment As it stands currently, I'm competing with

Garrett Felber

garrett_felber

Coronavirus was just the fuse in the tinderbox. The U.S. nation state is the cause. You don't get one man making 8 million an hour while 10 million file for

Jed Kolko

JedKolko

Another way this time is different:This is a big-city recession. Payroll employment has fallen most in the largest metros since February.1/ Unemployment has risen most in the largest metros.The BLS

Charles Fain Lehman

CharlesFLehman

unemployment is probably the highest it's been since the Great Depression and the Dow is up 500 points lol lotta people responding to this who are a) very certain the

facts are facts.

AKCamardelle

NEW: Attn to GA’s #UnemploymentInsurance system is long overdue. The economy is coming to a standstill & UI claims are surging. Unless state leaders use existing authority to ease access

Kathleen Henehan

kathleenhenehan

Good to hear that tomorrow, @RishiSunak will outline a Plan for Jobs that includes a £2bn Kickstart scheme to offer temporary jobs to unemployed young people. 1/8 Why does this

Michael R. Strain

MichaelRStrain

THREAD. The debate over unemployment benefits is premised on a false choice, as if it’s impossible to support consumer spending without excessively discouraging people to go back to work.My latest

Kambree

KamVTV

Joe Biden would be the worst choice to lead the U.S. economy out of the Coronavirus crisis. President Trump knows what it takes to get Americans back to work. The

Kelvin Odanz

MrOdanz

Mr Price has closed shop and left Nigeria. Apparently Shoprite too is closing its operations and leaving Nigeria after selling its stakes.Very soon multichoice and MTN might also leave. Buhari