Unemployment Insurance news and trends

Initial Claims for Unemployment Unchanged, Signaling ‘Fairly Tight’ Labor Market

May 02, 2024
Department of Labor
Data: Laid-Off Workers Eligible For More Jobless Benefits Than Wages
Economy // July 08, 2020

According to a recent National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) survey, two-thirds of unemployed workers in the U.S. after the CARES Act could have received compensation that was better than what they earned at their previous jobs, with one-fifth also receiving almost double what they...

Quick Reads
Initial Claims for Unemployment Unchanged, Signaling ‘Fairly Tight’ Labor Market

May 02, 2024
The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance held steady during the week ending on Saturday (April 27). The total of 208,000 initial claims was unchanged from that of the previous week, which was revised up by 1,000 to 208,000, the Department of Labor (DOL) said in a Thursday (May 2) press release. The four-week moving average of […]

Data: Laid-Off Workers Eligible For More Jobless Benefits Than Wages

July 08, 2020
According to a recent National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) survey, two-thirds of unemployed workers in the U.S. after the CARES Act could have received compensation that was better than...