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Crises bring communities together in solidarity They cause people and institutions to question long-held assumptions and to take risks associated with innovation They help to...
22 May 2020 Continuing with a concerning trend, initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims in New York State experienced a second consecutive week-over-week increase during...
Today's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data release reports that New York State's seasonally-adjusted April 2020 unemployment rate is 145% - an historical high just two months...
19 May 2020 The current unemployment rate in New York State might be around 16% In the Buffalo-Niagara metro, unemployment may be closer to 19% This Friday, 22 May 2020, at...
19 May 2020 Since late March, we have been profiling New Yorkers who work in occupations most susceptible to COVID-related layoffs or workplace closures using NYU Furman Center...
15 May 2020 Another week, another roughly 3 million initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims made in the US – more than 200,000 of which came from New York State After...
For weeks, analysts and the media have been speculating on what the April 2020 Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) might say about the magnitude...
7 May 2020 Earlier today, the US Department of Labor (DOL) reported another 3169 million initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims across the United States for the week ending...
4 May 2020 NOTE: The following excerpts come from a 3 May 2020 column published by Common Dreams To read the full article, click here COVID-19 has set the US economy on fire...