Economic Report: Job openings soar to record high 7.3 million at the end of 2018

New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose in mid-December for the second week in a row and hit a nearly four-month high, pointing to rising layoffs and more damage to the economy from a record increase in coronavirus cases......»»

The U.S. Labor Department said the pandemic cost 20.5 million jobs in April, pushing the unemployment rate to a post–World War II high and deepening the economic crisis, while in New York, a child died of a rare condition linked to the virus......»»

U.S. Treasury yields rise Friday after the jobs report shows record job losses as companies lay off employees and cut costs in efforts to see through the current economic downturn......»»

Lucas Jackson/Reuters US stocks rose Friday as positive signs that the economy will reopen soon offset a dismal April jobs report.  The report showed that the US economy lost a record 20.5 million job.....»»

The coronavirus pandemic destroyed 20.5 million jobs in April, driving the unemployment rate to a post Word War Two high of 14.7% as the United States faced its biggest economic crisis in almost a century......»»

Some 3.8 million workers who just lost their jobs applied last week for unemployment benefits, bringing a record number of layoffs during the coronavirus crisis to about 30 million in a month and a half......»»

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The record surge in suddenly unemployed Americans likely grew by another 4 million last week to push the total close to 25 million since the coronavirus pandemic shut down large parts of the U.S. economy a month and a half ago......»»

Some 5.25 million workers who’ve lost their jobs applied for unemployment benefits last week, driving the number of coronavirus-related layoffs above 21 million in just one month as the nation grapples with the worst pandemic in a century......»»

The latest round of coronavirus-induced layoffs and furloughs soared by 6.6 million in the first week of April, bringing total job losses in less than a month to a stupefying 16.8 million......»»

Another record-breaking number of Americans may have applied for unemployments for the third week in a row, potentially pushing total job losses due the coronavirus pandemic to more than 15 million......»»

Job openings in the U.S. fell slightly to 6.89 million in February just a month before the coronavirus upended the economy and all but certainly ended the longest expansion in American history......»»

Treasury yields head lower on Thursday after a back-to-back jump in jobless claims, closing the curtain over one of the strongest labor markets in U.S. economic history......»»

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If a record 3.3 million jobless claims in just one week comes as a shock, the next month is likely to tell an even grimmer tale: Tens of millions of jobs are at stake of disappearing, at least temporarily......»»

On a day where the U.S. weekly jobless claims hit an exponential record high of almost 3.3 million, and when the ugly recession level economic news has not even really been seen at all, does it make........»»

If a record 3.3 million jobless claims in just one week comes as a shock, the next month is likely to tell an even grimmer tale: Tens of millions of jobs are at stake of disappearing, at least temporarily......»»

The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week rocketed to a record 3.28 million as large parts of the U.S. economy shut down and companies laid off scores of workers to cope with the coronavirus pandemic......»»

Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — more than quadruple the previous record set in 1982 — amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. .....»»

Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — more than quadruple the previous record set in 1982 — amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. .....»»