During an interview with Gray Television on Tuesday, President Trump stated that he wants people receiving unemployment benefits to continue to get $600 a week in enhanced unemployment benefits and stated that for people who are on unemployment, “it’s not
President Donald Trump should instruct Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin to withhold the salaries of members of Congress until they can pass a bill determining the extension of federal unemployment benefits to millions of Americans.
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that she is not willing to negotiate on the $600 federal unemployment benefit amount during the current coronavirus economic relief package negotiations and that she wouldn’t support decreasing
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. economy needed “concerned, thoughtful, and sustained leadership” — though he did not explain what, exactly, that meant.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) stated that there is “some validity” to arguments that the $600 unemployment benefit disincentivizes people from returning to work and stated that Democrats do not have a position
The labor force participation rate among working class, native-born American men has hit a 20-year low, research shows.
This is a unique situation in which a very difficult political problem actually has a tech fix that can be directed by the White House alone.
A key measure supporting household incomes during the pandemic’s mass unemployment will be preserved but reduced in the next relief bill.
U.S. weekly jobless claims jumped higher in mid-July.
Working class Americans are experiencing a higher level of unemployment than middle class and white-collar professionals — showing no signs of a labor shortage — new analysis finds.
The Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit against President Trump, demanding the 300,000 businesses it represents be allowed to import foreign workers while more than 26 million Americans remain jobless.
An overwhelming majority of economists in a recent survey said that it was a lack of jobs keeping down employment, not enhanced unemployment benefits.
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street,” White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow stated that the White House is not going to eliminate unemployment benefits. He added that the White House
A smaller than expected decline
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said unemployment is forcing people in New York City to “shoplift some bread or go hungry that night.”
Extended school closures would likely keep more minorities and women from finding jobs, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data.
The latest data on the jobs market indicates that jobs are still scarce and benefits are not discouraging work.
The New York Times devoted its entire “Sunday Review” section this weekend to an economic manifesto that lays out a radical left-wing vision for redesigning the American economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
A study shows that Utah is the most independent state in America and Kentucky the least independent based on a set of metrics.
There remain more than 35.1 million Americans who are unemployed, out of the labor force, and underemployed, but all of whom want full-time jobs, showing no shortage of labor from which business can hire.
In the months ahead, the economy will still need extraordinary aid to grow in the face of the pandemic’s destructive force.
Another week of jobless claims higher than expected.
President Trump bucked the political establishment in his own party and the donor class, siding with American workers, by halting a series of foreign visa worker programs.
President Trump expanded an executive order on Monday, halting a series of visa programs that bring hundreds of thousands of foreign workers to the United States to take American jobs.
President Trump says it is “common sense” to reduce overall immigration to the United States while more than 30 million Americans are jobless and want full-time work.
Jobless claims fell by less than expected last week.
The Georgia Republican Party is set to pass a resolution asking President Trump to impose a full immigration moratorium while about 30 million Americans remain jobless due to the Chinese coronavirus crisis.
The pro-mass immigration Koch brothers’ network of billionaire, donor class organizations is begging President Trump not to reduce foreign worker competition against the roughly 30 million Americans are remain unemployed.
Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX) on Friday voiced his concern with rebuilding the workforce in the United States following the coronavirus pandemic.
The 11th week of jobless claims above one million.
As thousands of Oregon residents wait to receive their unemployment benefits in the mail, one man received twice the amount he was supposed to obtain from the Oregon Employment Department in the form of 37 checks.
All jobs are vulnerable for globalism and open borders, said Jeff Sessions, calling for immigration policy to serve the national interest.
The shutdowns related to the coronavirus pandemic hurt Hispanic and African American employees more than white employees, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data, released in last Friday’s jobs report.
While 47 Republican lawmakers ask President Trump to bring more foreign workers to the United States, there remains no labor shortage with 30 million Americans unemployed, all of whom want full-time jobs.
Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez accused President Donald Trump of attempting to “spike the football” because the U.S. added 2.5 million jobs in May, and unemployment dropped to 13.3%.
Friday, Vice President Mike Pence reacted to the month of May’s jobs report showing the unemployment rate fell to 13.3% and 2.5 million workers finding employment as restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic are loosened. The numbers are an improvement from the previous month’s record-high 14.7% unemployment rate.
The widely reported tick up in black unemployment was due to a rising number of African Americans returning to the workforce
President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated a new jobs report showing better-than-expected economic numbers in the month of May.
Shock gains in employment!
Public officials should pivot from “flattening the curve” to “flattening the fear.” The data demonstrate that younger and otherwise healthy Americans face little risk of dying from this disease. Most people should immediately get back to living their daily lives without fear, boosting our beleaguered economy.
