unemployment
The job recovery in the United States has been uneven. Some cities still suffer from double-digit jobless rates.
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Announced job cuts in April were the least in nearly two decades, according to the monthly report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
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El Centro, California, had the highest unemployment rate in February. It was as high as in some years during the Great Depression.
1 month ago
The outplacement firm of Challenger, Gray & Christmas on Thursday reported that U.S. firms announced 30,603 job cuts in March, a drop of 86% from the cuts announced in March 2020. The total fell...
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Unemployment varies widely from place to place. The city with the lowest rate in January was in Utah.
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This poor California city had the highest unemployment rate in January. The jobless rate there was greater than the national rate in some years of the Great Depression.
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The state where the highest percentage of survey respondents expect a loss of income soon was Hawaii.
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The jobless rate by state varied considerably in January. Hawaii had the only jobless rate above 10% in the country.
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In two states, only about half of the employable workforce worked in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2 months ago
February's announced job cuts plunged to a two-year low, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
2 months ago
Four states had unemployment numbers at or above 10% last year. One of them was particularly hard hit.
2 months ago
The most recent unemployment report has just surfaced and things appear to be looking up, if only slightly. Is this fast enough?
3 months ago
More than 79,000 new job cuts were announced in January according to the monthly report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That's the highest January total since 2009.
3 months ago
Chipotle Mexican shares dipped slightly on Monday after the burrito chain announced that it would be undertaking a huge expansion to its workforce.
4 months ago
U.S. companies announced more than 2.3 million job cuts in 2020, nearly half of which were attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
4 months ago