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10 August 2020 Note: A condensed version of this post appeared in the 9 Aug 2020 issue of The Buffalo News (For users without a subscription to The Buffalo News, a PDF of that...
18 June 2020 Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of weekly unemployment insurance (UI) claims has been one of the most closely monitored and widely cited data...
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 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...
1 May 2020 As analysts await the April 2020 Employment Situation data release from the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – scheduled to drop on 8...
24 April 2020 Since a record-shattering 68 million unemployment insurance (UI) claims were made during the week ending 28 March 2020, the United States has experienced three...