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Many women have left the workforce. When will they return?

November 4, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.

Many economists and officials, including Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, had speculated that the re-opening of schools would free more mothers to take jobs. So far that hasn鈥檛 happened.

FILE – In this Sept. 30, 2021, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Powell says the tangled supply chains and shortages that have bedeviled the U.S. economy since this summer have gotten worse and will likely keep inflation elevated well into next year. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Fed to begin slowing economic aid as inflation worries rise

November 3, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.

The Federal Reserve will begin dialing back the extraordinary stimulus it's provided since the pandemic erupted last year, a response to an improving economy and escalating concern that high inflation...

Wages jump by the most on records dating back 20 years

October 29, 2021 at 7:34 a.m.

Wages and salaries jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on records that date back 20 years as companies are forced to offer higher pay to...

A hiring sign is displayed at a furniture store

US unemployment claims fall to new pandemic low of 290,000

October 21, 2021 at 8:47 a.m.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a new low point since the pandemic erupted, evidence that layoffs are declining as companies hold onto workers.

U.S. unemployment claims fall to new pandemic low of 290,000

October 21, 2021 at 7:22 a.m.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a new low point since the pandemic erupted, evidence that layoffs are declining as companies hold onto workers.

U.S. unemployment claims fall to lowest level since pandemic

October 14, 2021 at 7:19 a.m.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level since the pandemic began, a sign the job market is still improving even as hiring has slowed...

Social Security checks getting big boost as inflation rises

October 13, 2021 at 1:49 p.m.

Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy...

3 U.S.-based economists win Nobel Prize for research on wages, jobs

October 11, 2021 at 7:22 a.m.

A U.S.-based economist won the Nobel prize for economics Monday for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage does not lead to less hiring and immigrants do not...

FILE – In this Dec. 10, 2020, file photo, a “Now Hiring” sign hangs on the front wall of a Harbor Freight Tools store in Manchester, N.H. When the U.S. government issues the September jobs report on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, the spotlight will fall not only on how many people were hired last month. A second question will command attention, too: Are more people finally starting to look for work? (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

U.S. employers add a weak 194,000 jobs as COVID-19 delta variant maintains hold

October 8, 2021 at 6:56 a.m.

U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, a second straight tepid gain and evidence that the pandemic still has a grip on the economy with many companies struggling to...

Recovery hampered as inflation hits new highs in U.S., Europe

October 1, 2021 at 10:14 a.m.

Inflation has reached new highs in the United States and Europe as rising energy prices and supply bottlenecks restrain an economic recovery from the pandemic in both economies.

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