The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week, suggesting the labor ...

The following chart ... of Labor Statistics provides a breakdown of who is unemployed and for how long have they been out of work. A closer look at the data shows how long-term unemployment ...

It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.

I post an update on unemployment claims shortly after the BLS report is made available. Our focus is the four-week moving ...

The unemployment rate is 4.0% as of January 2025, down 0.1% from the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That corresponds to 6.8 million people out of work.

The headline unemployment insurance data-and the charts above-are seasonally adjusted ... of unemployment claims as a percent of the labor force, see this regularly updated piece Unemployment ...

September Hiring and Unemployment Shown in Charts The Labor Department released a strong jobs report on Friday, signaling that the economy continues momentum after the Federal Reserve delivered ...

Unemployment fell to record lows, but growth never hit the promised levels and the trade deficit worsened. The charts below show ... massive dislocation in the labor market. It is unclear how ...

For example, the relatively high rate of unemployment in Europe compared with the United States is in part attributed to Europe’s stronger unions and stricter labor regulations (see Chart 2). These ...

The Labor Department’s report showed that job growth declined sharply in October, with workers sidelined by hurricane effects and the continuing Boeing strike. Photo: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg ...