In a Friday interview on Fox Business Channel’s “Mornings with Maria,” Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia weighed in on the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the United States economy and employment as nearly 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment in the last three weeks.
A staggering 16.8 million Americans have been thrown onto the unemployment rolls in just three weeks.
Foreign workers brought to the United States on the H-2A and H-2B visa programs, through a fast-tracked process by the State Department, will only undergo additional medical screening if they have symptoms of the Chinese coronavirus, Breitbart News has learned.
“This is a huge, unprecedented, devastating hit,” Yellen said. “My hope is that we will get back to business as quickly as possible.”
The United States does not need any more foreign labor imported for businesses during record joblessness as a result of the Chinese coronavirus crisis, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) says.
The tidal wave of jobless claims has overwhelmed the systems in New York and elsewhere.
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 U.S. Chamber of Commerce reported Friday that one in four small businesses had closed temporarily due to the coronavirus outbreak — but more than half remained optimistic about an eventual recovery.
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.
The administration of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is struggling to keep up with the demands of the coronavirus pandemic after the computer system for managing unemployment claims crashed on Tuesday.
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.
Graham joined a few other Republican senators to object to bolstered unemployment benefits in the economic rescue bill.
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.
