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Some Gig Workers Are Getting $0 In Unemployment Benefits

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Gig workers and other self-employed individuals are trying to make sense of yet another wrinkle in a roundabout process ... Read more

The US Economy Has Wiped Out All The Job Gains Since The Great Recession

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The jobless claims report showed that it took only five weeks for the U.S. economy to erase all the job gains since the ... Read more

US Weekly Jobless Claims Hit 4.4 Million, Bringing 5-week Total To More Than 26 Million

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The number represented a decline of 810,000 from the previous week, but the five-week total has now surpassed all of the... Read more

Another 4.3 Million Workers Expected To Have Filed Unemployment Claims

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About 4.3 million workers are expected to have filed unemployment claims last week, bringing virus-related layoffs to ov... Read more

Weekly Jobless Claims Hit 5.245 Million, Raising Monthly Loss To 22 Million Due To Coronavirus

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The most recent count represented a drop from the previous two weeks but still showed that the damage to the U.S. labor ... Read more

The US Economy Has Erased Nearly All The Job Gains Since The Great Recession

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The jobless claims report showed that it took only four weeks for the U.S. economy to erase all the job gains in the las... Read more

Borrower Requests For Government's Coronavirus Mortgage Bailout Jump 78% In One Week

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As unemployment surges and more Americans struggle to make ends meet, more homeowners are applying for the government's ... Read more

US Weekly Jobless Claims Jump By 6.6 Million And We've Now Lost 10% Of Workforce In Three Weeks

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That brings the total claims over the past three weeks to more than 16 million. Read more

5 Million More Unemployment Claims Expected, But Layoffs Are Now Broader And Could Be More Permanent

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The new claims for weekly unemployment benefits could bring the number of Americans filing to more than 15 million in th... Read more

US Payrolls Plunge 701,000 In March Amid The Start Of A Job Market Collapse

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It was the first decline in payrolls since September 2010 and came close to the May 2009 financial crisis peak of 800,00... Read more

Coronavirus Could Create 'a Generation Of Supersavers' And Reshape The Economy

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A generation of risk-averse supersavers could emerge from the fallout of the coronavirus crisis and potentially reshape ... Read more

US Weekly Jobless Claims Double To 6.6 Million

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First-time claims for unemployment insurance had been expected to total 3.1 million, according to economists surveyed by... Read more

Weekly Jobless Claims Jump To 281,000 Ahead Of Surge In Coronavirus Layoffs

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Jobless claims rose to 281,000 last week, reflecting only the first indications of the impact the coronavirus will have ... Read more

The Coronavirus Crisis Could Inflict Record-setting Damage On The US Jobs Market

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The first wave of bad economic news directly related to the coronavirus crisis is likely to come from weekly jobless cla... Read more

Mnuchin Warns Senators Of 20% US Unemployment Without Coronavirus Rescue, Source Says

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Republican senators that the country's unemployment rate could hit 20% if ... Read more

US Weekly Jobless Claims Drop To A 9-month Low

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First-time claims for state unemployment benefits were expected to total 215,000 for the most recent week, down slightly... Read more

US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall; Prior Week Revised Sharply Higher

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Claims data for the prior week was revised to show 12,000 more applications received than previously reported. Read more

US Weekly Jobless Claims Increase Less Than Expected

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First-time claims for state unemployment benefits were expected to total 215,000 in the most recent week, up from the 20... Read more

US Weekly Jobless Claims Drop Unexpectedly

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The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to continue... Read more

Here's Where The Jobs Are — In One Chart

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CNBC studied the net change in employment by industry for December based on data from the Labor Department. Read more