At the time of this writing, my application is still “processing”—that is, nearly 4 weeks later. As a full-time freelance travel writer, I have lost over $3,500 a month due to COVID-19. With the travel industry upside down, nearly all my clients have frozen...
New analysis shows why more women than men are being impacted by coronavirus-related layoffs. As unemployment numbers skyrocket amid the coronavirus pandemic, research shows that the economic fallout from the crisis has so far impacted women more than men....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wave of layoffs that has engulfed the U.S. economy since the coronavirus struck forced 5.2 million more people to seek unemployment benefits last week, the government reported Thursday.Roughly 22 million have sought jobless benefits in the past...
The latest report from the Labor Department released Thursday shows the figure for last week is much higher than the previous record of 3.3 million reported for the previous week. WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last...
‘To be honest with you, I just think these numbers right now are not relevant,’ Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Thursday. From the March 26 edition of CNBC’s “Squawk Box”: DAVID FABER, CNBC: “Secretary Mnuchin, we knew the...