unemployment

Unemployment occurs when a person who is actively searching for employment is unable to find work. Unemployment Insurance is a joint state-federal program that provides cash benefits to eligible workers. The benefits partially replace wages to help unemployed workers meet their financial obligations while looking for work.

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Republicans Ready A More Modest Stimulus Bill

Republicans Ready A More Modest Stimulus Bill
Republicans Ready A More Modest Stimulus Bill
August 26, 2020  |  Economy

Republican lawmakers are aiming to release a narrower pandemic stimulus bill as soon as this week, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Consumer Switch To eCommerce Prompts UK Retailers To Slash Jobs
Consumer Switch To eCommerce Prompts UK Retailers To Slash Jobs
August 25, 2020  |  Economy

Retail employment in the U.K. has dropped 45 percent since May in the sharpest fall it has taken since the 2009 recession, the Confederation of...

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Navigating The COVID-19 Pandemic: How The Paycheck-To-Paycheck Economy Is Beginning To Buckle
Navigating The COVID-19 Pandemic: How The Paycheck-To-Paycheck Economy Is Beginning To Buckle
August 24, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) March 11 announcement labeling the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic marked the end of business as usual in the United States....

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23 States To Add $300 To Weekly Jobless Benefit Checks
23 States To Add $300 To Weekly Jobless Benefit Checks
August 23, 2020  |  Economy

Nearly half of the nation’s states have been given the green light to issue $300 in federal weekly jobless benefits to help replace lost wages...

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Weak Jobless Claims Report Shows US Recovery Remains Uneven
Weak Jobless Claims Report Shows US Recovery Remains Uneven
August 20, 2020  |  Economy

Staggered reopenings. Tourism booms that might prove temporary. Each U.S. business vertical hard-hit by the pandemic has been impacted in different ways. Get the Full...

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US Jobless Claims Back Above 1M
US Jobless Claims Back Above 1M
August 20, 2020  |  Economy

Despite predictions that the number of Americans seeking jobless benefits would drop for the second consecutive week, more than 1 million laid-off employees requested benefits last week,...

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Kudlow Promises New Jobless Aid, Says Economy Is On ‘Self-Sustaining Recovery’
Kudlow Promises New Jobless Aid, Says Economy Is On ‘Self-Sustaining Recovery’
August 19, 2020  |  Economy

White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said the economy is rebounding “very, very strongly” and would continue to do so, Reuters reported. Get the Full...

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Revised Data Shows US Jobs Down 173,000 Through March
Revised Data Shows US Jobs Down 173,000 Through March
August 19, 2020  |  Economy

Job growth in the United States was apparently weaker in the year through March, with the number of new workers added to payrolls revised down...

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Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Consumers Are Reorganizing Their Lives In The Wake Of The Outbreak
Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Consumers Are Reorganizing Their Lives In The Wake Of The...
August 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

PYMNTS introduced a survey to a census-balanced panel of 2,128 U.S. consumers on Friday, March 6. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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