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Coronavirus Preparedness: Can The US Afford UnempIoyment Insurance?

Can The US Afford UnempIoyment Insurance

The novel coronavirus has posed the US government with a dreadful conundrum- save the economy or save lives? It’s a chicken and egg situation. The social distancing and the resultant economic slowdown, spiking unemployment and poverty will endanger people.  Without these measures, lives will be lost due to disease and co-morbidities. This begs the question: how is the US equipped to deal with a pandemic breakout? Is there coronavirus preparedness? … Read more

The Employment Situation in the United States – February 2025

The unemployment rate in the United States for the month of February 2018, remains unchanged at 4.1%. There has been no change in the unemployment rate since October 2017. However, in the month of February, the total nonfarm payroll employment increased to 313,000. There has been a significant increase in employment in industries such as construction, retail trade, professional and business services, manufacturing, financial activities, and mining. February is the fifth … Read more

Federal Response To Hurricane Sally: Know Them All

federal response to hurricane sally

  Sally, the first hurricane to make landfall in Alabama since Hurricane Ivan in 2004, strengthened to a tropical storm after making landfall near Miami, Florida. The tropical storm slowly garnered strength until it was given Category 1 status and intensified into a Category II hurricane, on the same evening.  The hurricane brings almost 61cm (2ft) of rains and winds ranging to 85mph (135kmh). The National Hurricane Center (NHC) stated … Read more

Statistics on COVID-19, unemployment & UI benefits

There is little doubt that coronavirus has taken the world by storm. With West Virginia reporting a confirmed case, all 50 states in the United States are now affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The deadly virus is not only lead to the shutdown of the states and assaulted the U.S. economy but also increased the unemployment rate. For those losing employment through no fault of their own, filing for UI … Read more

Round Up of Regional & State Unemployment – 2025

The year 2014 has been a game changer for the unemployment situation across the country. The end of this auspicious year saw overall unemployment rates dwindling  from 7.4(Dec 2013) to 6.2%(Dec 2014), a massive fall of 1.2 percentage points, bringing cheers to the labor class, government agencies and other key stakeholders across the nation.The national employment – population stood at  59.0%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points. State Wise Data … Read more

The Employment Situation August 2018

FUN Unemployment AUG 18

The Unemployment rate in the United States remains unchanged at 3.9% while the total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 201,000 in the month of August. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics in their monthly report state that job gains occurred in professional and business services, wholesale trade, health care, transportation and warehousing and mining industries. As stated above, the unemployment rate remained at 3.9% in August and the number of … Read more

Suicidal Behavior During Unemployment

Unemployment is one of the most testing phase in our lives. Whether you were fired or lost the job due to underperformance, the vacuum caused by job loss is irreparable. Specially if have a family depending on your earnings and you do not have the required financial backing to sustain the turmoil. Falling unemployment rates over the last few months are indicators of strengthening job markets in USA. However thousands … Read more

A Guide To Extra $300 Unemployment Benefits In New York

New York is one of the states that received the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) approval to provide additional benefits to the unemployed residents. Though it received approval in August, the state has not begun paying out the benefits. If you are wondering when you can expect to collect the $300 unemployment benefits in New York, you have landed on the right page!  This article will tell you when the … Read more

Employment Situation across U.S.A – August 2014

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S department of Labor, released its monthly dossier on employment situation across the country. This data sheet was in form of a news release that was published on Friday, September 5th 2014 –“THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — AUGUST 2014” UnemploymentCalculator.org has decoded this extravagant fact sheet and we present the data that matters to you the most. Overall, 142,000 jobs were added in August, unemployment rate … Read more

The Employment Situation – February 2025

The Employment Situation - February 2019

The total nonfarm payroll employment in February changed a little by 20,000 as compared to January. The unemployment rate has decreased to 3.8 percent. The main reason for improvement in unemployment rate is based on professional and business services, wholesale trade, health care that saw a trend up while construction employment decreased. Household Survey Data The overall unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point to 3.8 percent in February while … Read more