The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7 percent in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record. The figures are stark evidence of the damage the coronavirus has done ...

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When he stood before Congress in 1996 and declared “the era of big government is over,” President Bill Clinton gave voice to a doctrine that permeated Democratic politics for more than two decades. Government, while necessary, shouldn’t be celebrated if ...

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U.S. retail sales rose at a solid pace last month, evidence that Americans were willing to spend during the winter holidays after a sluggish November. The Commerce Department said retail sales increased 0.3 percent in December from the previous month. ...

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U.S. employers added 145,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.5 percent, signaling that the job market remains strong at the start of 2020 even if hiring and wage gains have slowed somewhat more than a ...

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With the nation’s unemployment rate at its lowest point since human beings first walked on the moon, you might expect the Federal Reserve to be raising interest rates to keep the economy from overheating and igniting inflation. That’s what the ...

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Looking at the packed parking lot at the St. Charles County Workforce Development Department, you wouldn’t guess that initial claims for unemployment insurance in the United States have fallen steadily since the summer. And the unemployment rate in St. Charles ...

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Double-digit unemployment looms. The country is in a funk. The federal budget deficit is widening to an extent not seen in decades. This scenario isn’t new. It also describes the U.S. in 1982. Somehow, the 1980s and the 1990s turned ...

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The St. Louis metropolitan area lost approximately 3,900 jobs in April, according to the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The department estimates some 242,900 Missouri residents were unemployed last month, resulting in a statewide jobless rate of 8.1 percent. The ...

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Service industries in the U.S. unexpectedly contracted in March at a faster pace as unemployment climbed and consumer confidence held near a record low. The Institute for Supply Management’s index of non-manufacturing businesses, which make up almost 90 percent of ...

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Tossing bags of billions of federal bucks at state and local governments desperately in need of cash hasn’t everywhere elicited tears of gratitude or knees bent in thanksgiving to the Obama administration. In South Carolina, Gov. Mark Sanford says he ...

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As hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers sign up for unemployment each month and major employers head for bankruptcy court, many Americans would find it oh-so-nice to land a job guaranteed for life. The United States has no kings or ...

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