Economy Dec 31 U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell below 200,000 last week with layoffs historically low By Matt Ott, Associated Press
Nation Feb 27 U.S. sees 3-month high as 242,000 Americans filing for unemployment benefits Applications for U.S. jobless benefits rose to a three-month high last week but remained within the same healthy range of the past three years… By Matt Ott, Associated Press
Economy Feb 29 U.S. applications for jobless benefits rise but remain historically low despite recent layoffs In total, 1.9 million Americans were collecting jobless benefits during the week that ended Feb. 17, up 45,000 from the previous week and the most since November. By Matt Ott, Associated Press
Economy Jul 28 Labor market still considered strong after weeks of mixed jobless benefit numbers Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but the previous week’s number was revised upward significantly, with claims breaching the 250,000 level in back-to-back weeks for the first time in more than eight months. By Matt Ott, Associated Press
Politics Aug 14 Trust in Trump sinks over COVID-19 as Biden support grows Days before the Democratic National Convention, this latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll shows former Vice President Joe Biden with his widest lead yet over incumbent President Donald Trump. By Laura Santhanam
Aug 12 U.S. budget deficit climbs to record $2.81 trillion By Matt Ott, Associated Press U.S. budget deficit climbed to $2.81 trillion in the first 10 months of the budget year. That exceeds any on record, and it's expected to eventually reach levels more than double the nation's largest recorded annual deficit. Continue reading
Apr 18 U.S. unemployment benefit claims drop to lowest level since '69 By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The Labor Department says claims for jobless aid fell by 5,000 last week to 192,000, the lowest since September 1969. Continue reading
Apr 07 Senate votes to extend jobless benefits for long-term unemployed By David Espo, Associated Press Updated | 6:21 p.m. EDT: WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, the Senate voted, 59-38, to extend jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that expired late last year. Capping a three-month struggle, the approval sends the legislation to a hostile reception… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Future for Many Jobless in Question as GOP Blocks Unemployment Extension On Thursday, Republicans blocked a jobs bill that included an extension of unemployment benefits. Judy Woodruff talks to The Washington Post's Lori Montgomery about why Senate Republicans blocked the bill and what it means for the millions of unemployed. Continue watching
May 07 Watch Positive April Job Growth Tempered by Market Uncertainty in Europe Employers added 290,000 jobs last month, marking the biggest hiring increase in four years. Jeffrey Brown talks to two financial experts about the pace of the economic recovery and gets an update from Susie Gharib of PBS's Nightly Business Report… Continue watching