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More than three months in, job losses remain at historic levels: Over one in five workers are either on unemployment benefits or are waiting to get on
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A quarter of a year in, job losses remain at historic levels: More than one in five workers are either on unemployment benefits or are waiting to get on
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Three months in, the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic continues: More than one in five workers are either on unemployment benefits or are waiting to get on
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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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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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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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Nearly one in four workers has applied for unemployment benefits: Congress must do much, much more
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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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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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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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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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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
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News from EPI › 16.8 million apply for unemployment benefits in three weeks: The labor market has been upended.
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How can the U.S. get more transformative with its coronavirus-shock response? With payroll guarantees and an economic ‘deep freeze’ plan.
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The South’s worst unemployment numbers may be yet to come given social distancing delays in the region
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News from EPI › A portrait of disaster: Initial UI claims jump from 211,000 to 6.6 million in three weeks
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Nearly 20 million workers will likely be laid off or furloughed by July: Updated state numbers project further job losses due to the coronavirus
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Which data to watch and not watch this week: Watch Thursday’s unemployment insurance claims, not Friday’s jobs day numbers
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Early state unemployment insurance data foreshadow the massive shock the coronavirus is having on state labor markets: The real surge will be seen in next week’s data
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News from EPI › Unemployment insurance claims jumped nearly 1,500% in two weeks: I have been a labor economist for a very long time and have never seen anything like this
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States are projected to lose more jobs due to the coronavirus: 14 million jobs could be lost by summer
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The coronavirus crisis led to a record-breaking spike in weekly unemployment insurance claims: An estimated 3.4 million workers filed for unemployment last week
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Fixing unemployment insurance and the coronavirus response
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News from EPI › Increase in unemployment insurance claims is a preview of the coming recession: Large fiscal stimulus is needed