Accounting for City Size, Minimum Wages Reduce Jobs Almost Everywhere
In new research, Priyaranjan Jha, Jyotsana Kala, David Neumark, and Antonio Rodriguez-Lopez find that studies arguing higher minimum…
Fed Cuts Rates Quarter Point, Signals Labor Market Concerns
Federal Reserve officials lowered their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point and penciled in two more…
Canada Bucks the Fiscal-Fretting Trend to Go for a Bigger Deficit – Bloomberg.com
Canada Bucks the Fiscal-Fretting Trend to Go for a Bigger Deficit Bloomberg.comCanada to deliver federal budget on November 4 Investing.comLiberals…
Bond Traders Boost Bets on Half-Point Fed Rate Cuts by Year-End
Bond traders are stepping up options wagers that the Federal Reserve will deliver at least one half-point interest-rate…
Climate change is burning a €43B hole in Europe’s pocket – POLITICO
“These estimates are likely conservative,” said the authors of the study, Sehrish Usman of the University of Mannheim,…
Social Security payments to be sent Sept. 17. Here’s who gets them.
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US Consumer Sentiment Falls to Lowest Since May on Job Worries
US consumer sentiment fell in September to the lowest since May and long-term inflation expectations rose for the…
Fain delivers town hall speech, promises to fight for pensions in 2028
UAW president Shawn Fain gives Labor Day speech in Detroit UAW president Shawn Fain takes the stage after…
Postpartum mothers more likely to be cured of hepatitis C with bedside treatment
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Applications for jobless benefits jump to 263,000 last week, most in nearly 4 years
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SpaceX and satellites help states save millions on internet buildout | Guest Commentary | Commentary
The $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program was meant to bring affordable, reliable internet to…
Labor market is at ‘turning point’ warns Conference Board as jobseekers struggle with finding roles
While many economists acknowledge the labor market has held up remarkably well over the past few years, analysts…