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Jul 17, 2020 · More than 32 million Americans claimed some form of jobless benefits at the end of June, the Labor Department said Thursday. The unemployment rate was 11.1 percent last month.
Jun 15, 2021 · During the Great Recession, the unemployment rate increased from 5.0% in December 2007 (the start of the recession) to 9.5% in June 2009 (the end of the recession) (see Figure 2). The unemployment rate peaked at 10.0% in October 2009, four months after the recession officially concluded.
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Jun 7, 2022 · Publicly Released: Jun 07, 2022. Jump To. Highlights. Recommendations. Full Report. GAO Contacts. Fast Facts. To respond to historic job losses during the pandemic, a temporary federal program expanded unemployment benefits to typically-ineligible contingent workers and others.
Jul 2, 2010 · Sub-Topics. Labor & Unemployment. Program. Economic Studies. Today’s employment report did not impress a lot of people, but it provided at least some reassurance that economic recovery continues....
Mar 12, 2021 · Unemployment insurance benefits, the special programs that were authorized in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were set to start expiring on Sunday, March 14, and now they will not. They’ll be...
Sep 8, 2021 · WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Local officials who want to extend enhanced unemployment benefits can do so, the White House said on Tuesday, a day after the administration and U.S. Congress...
Jul 3, 2020 · Unemployment remained at 11.1 percent in June, worse than it was at the height of the Great Recession in 2009, but Congress is far from agreeing on a path forward. At the heart of the...
