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The debate over how long America’s economy should be kept in a medically-induced coma while we “socially distance” to fight the Wuhan coronavirus is usually phrased as a choice between saving lives and mitigating economic damage.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is halting efforts to bring more H-2B foreign visa workers to the United States to take nonagricultural jobs after mounting public opposition.

Working Michiganders displaced by the coronavirus pandemic are confronting a new frustration: A failing unemployment computer system.

More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week.

Despite mass unemployment of Americans during the Chinese coronavirus crisis, federal agencies are accelerating the speed at which foreign workers will be imported to the United States to take blue-collar industry jobs. 

Sen. Lindsey Graham told Breitbart News exclusively on Thursday that he is calling on governors, especially those in red states, to develop a fix to an unemployment loophole in the massive $2 trillion coronavirus rescue passage.

We will likely see more jobs lost before we begin to turn things around. But it is useful to remember that we can. And the clearest proof is in the very recent past.

A Fed official warns that the U.S. could see unemployment rise to levels not seen since the Great Depression.

Coronavirus is already having a massive effect on the economy of Norway, with the unemployment rate more than doubling to 164,000 people.

There remain about 11.5 million Americans who are out of work, sitting on the labor market sidelines, all of whom want full-time, high-wage jobs without being forced to compete against a growing number of cheaper, foreign workers.

Economists had been expecting 177,000 jobs in February.

The coronavirus has roiled financial markets but the labor market remains very strong.

Ivanka Trump and Larry Kudlow praised President Donald Trump’s tight labor market during a February 28 CPAC 2020 event. 

The Swedish Employment Service has warned that migrant unemployment rates are set to dramatically increase to the worst levels since the 1990s in a new report.

Appearing Tuesday on the Fox Business Network, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) dismissed record-low black unemployment under President Donald Trump, stating black Americans “were fully employed during slavery.”

Job openings fell but the ratio of unemployed to openings remains at historically low levels, indicating labor market strength.

Pete Buttigieg of South Bend falsely claimed during the Democrat Debate that President Trump “turns his back” on middle-class communities.

During a Friday appearance on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” White House assistant for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro reacted to the U.S. economy adding 225,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate ticking up to 3.6%.

The U.S. economy added 225,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.6.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 202,000 last week.

Tensions were high among Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday night as President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address to the American people and members of Congress.

Record low unemployment for blacks, Hispanics, women, veterans, and the disabled.

Swedish bank Handelsbanken says Sweden’s economy has signs of weak growth and the unemployment rate has increased compared to other European Union member-states.

A French parliamentary report has suggested that mass migration into France does not actually help boost the economy, as frequently claimed, but is only net neutral.

It’s a virtuous circle for the economy: consumer spending supports labor market strength which supports consumer spending.

Black unemployment is at record lows and the gap between white and black unemployment is narrower than ever.|

According to University of Lund researcher Davor Vuleta, young migrant-background men are heavily overrepresented among those who owe money to Sweden’s government debt collection agency.

A strong economy means better job prospects for Americans, including college grads, but some cities are better than others for finding work.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has valuable information about employment in the United States, including the top-paying first-time jobs.

The data suggests the labor market remains strong.

Jobless claims can be volatile around the holidays and this week’s spike in claims is likely a result of holiday effects rather than a jump in layoffs.

Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department Monica Crowley told Breitbart News that President Donald Trump’s “economic freedom agenda” has sparked the highly successful economic growth that has now led to the lowest unemployment rate in half a century.

While employment in the U.S. economy boomed in November, Canada saw its worst slump in a decade.

The total number of black men employed in the U.S. rose to the highest on record while unemployment held at record low.

The imaginary recession of 2019 is over.

Jobless claims fall back down toward record lows.