Unemployment

A historic and sacred tree in Lahaina, Hawaii, is budding new leaves despite being covered in burn scars from August's wildfire.

Maui fire recovery sees positives signs, officials invite tourists to return

A watchdog agency found that 15% of unemployment benefits claimed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic were fraudulent.

Watchdog: COVID pandemic unemployment fraud was up to $135B

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on if the Catholic Charities Bureau will have to pay the state's unemployment services.

Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide if Catholic charity is actually religious

China's population has peaked, its workforce is aging and the Chinese Communist Party can't convince its people to have more kids.

China’s population problem: Aging people, fewer babies, ‘lying flat’ youth

Hype is growing the Fed will achieve the rare soft landing, where it drives down inflation without triggering a recession. But is it too good to be true?

Beware consensus over Fed nailing soft landing, former Fed adviser says

Politicians are playing a game of chicken with the debt ceiling with as few as four weeks to go before a default, a former Trump economic advisor said.

White House, Republicans playing ‘game of chicken’ with debt ceiling

The economy added 253,000 jobs in April when around 180,000 were expected. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate edged back down to 3.4%.

April jobs report crushes estimates as economy adds 253,000 jobs

The U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs in March while unemployment ticked back down to 3.5%, according to the latest jobs report.

Hiring slows as US adds 236,000 jobs in March, half of January’s total

January job openings dipped down to 10.8 million. That is still historically high but is 10% below the peak of 12 million in March 2022.

Job openings in January fall to 10.8 million, still high, as layoffs rise

The inspector general for the Department of Labor estimates $191 billion in pandemic unemployment insurance was paid improperly, more than 20% of the total.

US government paid at least $191 billion in fraud pandemic assistance