unemployment

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell slightly last week to 787,000, a historically high number that points to a weak job market held back by the viral pandemic. ...

Around a dozen states have begun paying out the extra $300 per week in unemployment benefits that are ...

Millions of unemployed Americans will probably not miss benefits, the Department of Labor said Tuesday. Two key programs, ...

Orange County’s unemployment rate in November fell to 6.4 percent—the lowest it's been since March, according to the ...

President Donald Trump insisted that he wants to send $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans who are impacted by ...

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 89,000 last week to a still-elevated 803,000, evidence that ...

The number of American workers seeking state unemployment benefits last week jumped to 853,000, the third straight weekly increase ...

U.S. private employers scaled back their hiring in November, adding the fewest workers in six months as soaring new ...

The number of American workers seeking unemployment benefits last week jumped to 778,000, the second straight weekly increase and ...

The number of American workers seeking unemployment benefits last week jumped to 742,000, the first increase in five weeks ...

The number of U.S. workers seeking unemployment benefits last week ticked down by 7,000 to its lowest level ...

The number of U.S. workers seeking unemployment benefits last week fell by 40,000 to the lowest level since ...

Republican states have generally handled the economic effects of the CCP virus pandemic much better than Democratic states, ...

The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer on Thursday announced another round of expansions to his support schemes, in ...

The number of U.S. workers seeking unemployment benefits last week fell by 55,000, leaving initial jobless claims at ...

Commentary Today, two key pieces of data were released. One will be reported correctly, and for the other, ...

The number of U.S. workers who filed new applications for unemployment benefits for the week ended Oct. 10 ...

Britain’s unemployment figures rose to 4.5 percent in August according to data published on Tuesday by the Office ...

LONDON—British finance minister Rishi Sunak announced his latest programme to stave off a surge in unemployment on Friday, ...

Another 840,000 American workers filed for state unemployment benefits for the week ended Oct. 3, a moderate drop ...

Commentary The number of unemployed persons in the United States fell by 1 million last month, a pace ...

The U.S. economy added 661,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate fell to 7.9 percent, from 8.4 ...

The U.S. economy is recovering, but slowly. We talk to Joseph Trevisani at FX street about whether we ...

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 837,000, which, while down by 36,000 from ...

LONDON—Royal Dutch Shell announced on Wednesday plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs, or over 10 percent of ...

Democrats' revised stimulus bill, which was released on Monday night, is pushing for $600 extra weekly unemployment benefits ...

More people filed for state unemployment benefits last week. Meanwhile states are facing delays because of fraud—California says ...