#UnEmployment

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

I've seen a few articles recently in which employers say they cannot find workers, and they assign blame to unemployment benefits being too generous. This is one of the most

Sven Henrich

NorthmanTrader

Central banks now print during times of recessions & during times of non recessions. They cut rates with unemployment at 3.5% & they run the biggest QE programs ever during

Justin Wolfers

JustinWolfers

Payrolls rose +661k in September and unemployment fell half a point to 7.9%.We are still 11 million jobs below the February level -- a larger gap than at the low

LittleHoPeep 🌹

mccraw_kelly

The TWC (Texas Workforce Commission) is so fucking stupid and needlessly complicated. When filing for unemployment, the website didn't believe that I make $10/hr and said to put in $7.25

Bryan 🇺🇸 #VoteOutFascism

swimmerbr78

Dear trump supporters,I'm confused.You say it's your right to protest, but you get angry when Kaepernick takes a knee.You say your body is your own, yet you get angry at

Brian C⚽⚽K

SoccerwithBrian

“Open the economy” should be quickly and swiftly followed with an infusion of money so PEOPLE can actually open the economy. With the unemployment numbers in the US at a

Jeanna Smialek

jeannasmialek

The Fed revamped its policy framework today. Now that the stories are put to bed, I thought I'd do a quick thread on the history that got us to this

Claudia Sahm

Claudia_Sahm

welp, there you have it folks ... I’m not a “serious economist” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/opinion/coronavirus-economy.html guess I can go back to bed many academic macroeconomists have a deep distrust of fiscal policy

David Rothkopf

djrothkopf

If we are headed toward 40-50 million unemployed, tens of millions of whom will lose their health insurance, most of whom have few or no savings, we are about to

Calm 'n Cents

TheCalmNCents

TAKE CONTROL of your happiness!Do you want to be happier?Practice gratitude for what you have in your life.Here are 10 things I'm thankful for // THREAD // 1. Health.Without health

r/stupidpol

StupidpolX

LMAO so all to stop this fucking virus is to smoke a cigarette?https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1249713002330415106 But you know the health bureaucracy will never allow this, so it's gonna be 30% unemployment and

Dave

D_Opus

People are rightly pissed off about the murder of George Floyd. But they are also pissed off of having Trump as President for almost 4 years. Pissed about inaction on

Torsten Bell

TorstenBell

To distract us from the excitement of who you will/wont see over Christmas the government is putting on a Spending Review tomorrow. What should you expect? New economic forecasts will

Resolution Foundation

resfoundation

New labour market stats released by @ONS this morning and, as you might expect, it's not pretty. @nyecominetti and @hcslaughter_ provide this thread on the data covering April – vacancies,

sincerely, ivy marie.

sincerelyivy_

Instead of paying attention to an article that focused attention to an influencer, struggling with new content, saying she "can't go to DAK for lunch," here is one to realize:There

Joe Biden

JoeBiden

I'm grateful for everyone who found work in August and found that glimmer of hope — but there is real cause for concern in this morning's jobs report.The pace of