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Updated employment multipliers for the U.S. economy
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Class of 2018: High school edition
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In 14 states and DC, the African American unemployment rate is at least twice the white unemployment rate: The highest African American unemployment rate is in the District of Columbia at 12.9 percent, while the highest white unemployment rate is in West Virginia at 5.2 percent
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What to watch on jobs day: The unemployment rate continues to climb but not equally for all demographic groups
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Close to one in four workers are either on unemployment benefits or are waiting to receive them: Congress must take action
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Public education job losses in April are already greater than in all of the Great Recession
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EPI testimony regarding Title IV of the CARES Act: Testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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Six states have at least one million workers either receiving regular unemployment benefits or waiting for their claim to be approved
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More than one in five workers are either receiving unemployment benefits or waiting for approval: Congress must do much, much more
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More than a quarter of the workforce in 10 states has filed for unemployment
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Nearly one in four workers has applied for unemployment benefits: Congress must do much, much more
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Ending offshoring and bringing jobs back home will take more than tweets, press releases, and op-eds
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Latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey data further illustrate the catastrophic COVID-19 labor market
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Six states saw increases in unemployment claims last week: Many workers who are not usually eligible have filed for unemployment
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What to watch for in tomorrow’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey data release: A sharp fall in job openings and hires
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In the last eight weeks, more than one in five workers applied for state unemployment insurance benefits: Congress must act
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Domestic workers chartbook: A comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes
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Updated state unemployment numbers: Large shares of the labor force have filed for unemployment in every state
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News from EPI › A waking nightmare: Today’s jobs report shows 20.5 million jobs lost in April
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What to watch on jobs day: Job losses in April may set U.S. employment levels back 20 years
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Nearly one in five workers applied for state unemployment insurance benefits in the last seven weeks: Congress must act to mitigate harm from unprecedented joblessness
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The extra $600 in unemployment insurance has been the best response yet to the economic shock of the coronavirus and should be extended
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Updated state unemployment numbers: More than a quarter of the workforce has filed for unemployment in six states
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Nearly 28 million workers applied for unemployment insurance benefits in the last six weeks: Congress must act to mitigate harm from unprecedented joblessness
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Unemployment filing failures: New survey confirms that millions of jobless were unable to file an unemployment insurance claim
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The next coronavirus relief package should provide aid to state and local governments, protect employed and unemployed workers, and invest in our democracy
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New state unemployment numbers show workers continue to file unemployment claims in daunting numbers
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In the last five weeks, more than 24 million workers applied for unemployment insurance benefits
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The extreme jobless numbers will lead to a jump in the unemployment rate, but that won’t tell the whole story
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Updated state unemployment numbers remain astonishingly high: Six states saw record-high levels of initial unemployment claims last week
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News from EPI › In the last four weeks, more than 20 million workers applied for unemployment insurance benefits
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Women have been hit hard by the coronavirus labor market: Their story is worse than industry-based data suggest
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States continue to see record-high levels of initial unemployment insurance claims, including in the South