Unemployment and jobless claims are still far down from their all-time high in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to 1.9 million last week, the highest level since November 2021, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday. This ...

Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits ...

The IRS is sending out stimulus checks to eligible taxpayers who did not claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax return. Eligible taxpayers do not need to take any action to receive the ...

Unemployment rates were lower in September in 11 states and the District of Columbia, higher in nine states and stable in 30 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Oct. 21.

The unemployment rate was 4.1% last month ... though the 3.9% annual wages bump is a far cry from the more than 4.5% growth enjoyed by workers across Sept. 2021 through Sept. 2023 as record job ...

National unemployment was 8.4% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, down 0.7% from last month’s 9.1% last month but more than double the 4.1% rate officially ...

The last time that unemployment was above 4% was in November 2021, when the rate was also 4.1%. Last month’s uptick ended a 30-month stretch where unemployment was at or below 4%.

A December gain of 256,000 blew past forecasts, and unemployment fell to 4.2 percent. But markets recoiled as interest rate cuts seemed more distant.

Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in more than three years ...