Unemployment

Pedestrians stand in line at a Covid-19 mobile testing site at Columbus Circle in New York, on Dec. 5, 2021.Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCovid cases are spiking in some parts of the U.S., and the highly contagious omicron…

Christopher F. Carney, a senior research analyst for PERD, said the state paid out approximately $83 million in fraudulent unemployment claims during calendar year 2020. (Photo…

President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, on the August jobs report. ((AP Photo/Susan Walsh)) President Biden on Friday glossed over weak job growth in December that…

Federal Reserve officials have signaled that they are poised to raise interest rates this year as they try to put a lid on high inflation, and new data showing that the unemployment rate declined is likely to keep them on track to pull…