Pedestrians walk past a boarded up Lori’s Diner in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images When the Coronavirus pandemic eventually subsides, the economic impact will be felt unevenly from one part of the country to another. The regions feeling the biggest impact may also […]
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Here’s everything the government has done to limit the economic impact
The federal government is racing to ease the pain facing the U.S. economy as the coronavirus pandemic makes its swift pivot from public health crisis to financial catastrophe. The damage from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus, is unlike anything in modern times. Economists have warned the fallout could be similar to that […]
US, Mexico restrict non-essential cross-border travel
The U.S. and Mexico have agreed to restrict all non-essential travel across their border, the Trump administration announced Friday. Members of the White House coronavirus task force also said that people who enter the country from Mexico and Canada without proper documentation will be immediately turned away from the United States’ borders. The announcement came two […]
Next week jobless claims could hit 2 million on coronavirus
Next Thursday’s look at weekly new jobless claims may show a tenfold spike to 2 million as the full force of the coronavirus halt in the U.S. economy slams the labor market, economist Ian Shepherdson told CNBC. Shepherdson’s comments came ahead of this Thursday’s release of the Labor Department’s weekly report on jobless claims. The […]
nonfarm payrolls up 273,000; unemployment 3.5%
A General Motors assembly worker moves a V6 engine, used in a variety of GM cars, trucks and crossovers, from the final assembly line at the GM Romulus Powertrain plant in Romulus, Michigan, August 21, 2019. Rebecca Cook | Reuters Nonfarm payrolls grew far more than expected in February as companies continued to hire amid […]
It’s never been this hard for companies to find qualified workers
Job seekers line up to meet with recruiters during the Job Hunters Boot Camp in San Mateo, California. Getty Images The gap between open jobs and unemployed workers is about as wide as the one between the kinds of available positions and the qualifications that the workforce collectively has to fill them. A recent survey […]
ADP Moody’s private payrolls January 2019 nearly double expectations
The jobs market kicked off 2020 in grand fashion, adding 291,000 in private payrolls for the best monthly gain since May 2015, according to a report Wednesday from ADP and Moody’s Analytics. That was well above the 150,000 estimate from economists surveyed by Dow Jones and more evidence that the U.S. still is a good […]
Why the midlife crisis is worse for women, according to Ada Calhoun
Ada Calhoun, who’s written about the financial struggles of middle-aged women today Gilbert King The summer of 2017 was a difficult one for Ada Calhoun. The 41-year old freelance writer watched a bunch of her projects fall through. She racked up $20,000 in credit card debt, and had next to no savings behind her. Childcare […]
Coronavirus could bring jobs, manufacturing back to the US
Wilbur Ross Mike Blake | Reuters The fast-spreading coronavirus has infected thousands of people in China and raised fears about a global pandemic — and that could have a positive impact on the U.S. economy, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said Thursday. Ross said in a Fox Business Network interview that the disease, which Chinese […]
Business survey suggests US labor market may have peaked
A “We’re Hiring” sign at a Target location in New York, December 14, 2019. Scott Mlyn | CNBC There is an even balance in the share of U.S. businesses reporting decreases and increases in employment for the first time in a decade, a survey showed on Monday, the latest suggestion that the labor market has […]
