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Experts see powerful employment gains over the next three years that evade the curse of past recessions. If they’re right, millions of Americans will leap back into the workforce as soon as vaccines against the coronavirus roll out.
January 12 -
Prolonged unemployment harms physical and mental well-being, traps workers in poverty and increases family stress, according to studies.
January 7 -
Persistently high jobless claims, along with this week’s announcements of tens of thousands of layoffs, indicate widespread economic pain.
October 2 -
Chances of further employment and economic gains are diminishing without the widespread stimulus payments and small-business aid that have sustained incomes and spending.
September 3 -
School closures will continue to impact the labor force participation rate for women, who generally take on a greater share of childcare obligations.
August 26 -
Initial jobless claims in regular state programs fell by 249,000 to 1.19 million in the week ended Aug. 1, Labor Department data showed Thursday.
August 6 -
Initial jobless claims in regular state programs fell by 99,000 一 the most in a month 一 to 1.31 million in the week ended July 4, Labor Department data showed Thursday.
July 9 -
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits gradually eased last week despite a stream of business reopenings, underscoring the longer-term labor-market challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
June 11 -
Since efforts to the contain COVID-19 pandemic rapidly shut down the U.S. economy in mid-March, about 38.6 million initial unemployment insurance claims have been filed under state programs.
May 21 -
Fears of a rapid, massive displacement of humans by robots haven’t yet been realized, but machines have been taking over human tasks for centuries, and the pandemic seems likely to accelerate this process.
May 15