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America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs. Last month’s hiring kept the unemployment rate at 3.6%, just above the lowest level in a half-century. Employers have added at least 400,000 jobs for 12 straight months. Still,...

Most of the third round of stimulus checks has been sent. But if you never received a payment or your circumstances have changed, you may be eligible for money.

Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled 214,000 for the week ended March 12, better than the Dow Jones estimate for 220,000

Covid-19 pushed 4.7 million people in Southeast Asia into extreme poverty last year and erased 9.3 million jobs, the Asian Development Bank said.

The initial onset of Covid-19 sent shocks through U.S. markets in 2020. Here’s what investors can still take from that experience today.

Members pledge to reduce gender pay gaps by 60% in the group’s first year of operation.

Two years after the WHO declared Covid a pandemic, here are five charts that show much — or how little — the world has recovered.

Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, the star of Broadway’s “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” found new ways to make money and tap into her creative energy during the pandemic.

Wages grew by $0.01 an hour in February relative to January, a marked slowdown from recent months as employers aren’t competing as readily for talent.

The U.S. unemployment rate overall fell in February, but rose for Black women, who have been disproportionately affected during the pandemic.

Strong hiring in the leisure and hospitality, health-care and business services sectors helped job growth surge in February 2022.

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week reflecting a low level of layoffs across the economy

Initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 215,000, the lowest total since the beginning of the year.

The pandemic caused a financial shock for many low-income workers. One guaranteed income experiment aimed to help them restore their financial security.

Weekly jobless claims came in slightly less than expected last week and economic growth to end 2021 was slightly better than originally reported.

Most jobless men in their mid-30s have a criminal record, according to a new study. That has implications for hiring and the current labor crunch.

The U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance Monday to reduce the number of households asked to repay pandemic-era jobless benefits paid in error.

A new program plans to give Black women in Georgia up to $850 in guaranteed income per month. Similar experiments are also taking place across the country.

President Joe Biden took to the podium on Friday to celebrate the latest numbers coming out about job growth in the country.

The share of workers unemployed for more than six months fell significantly from December, on the back of an unexpectedly strong January jobs report.