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Feb 2021

Someone has already been fired for refusing the COVID vaccine

Jazz Shaw Feb 19, 2021 9:21 AM

Are we really that surprised?

Jan 2021

Economy on fumes: Weekly jobless claims soar to 965K, paid benefits jump almost 200K

Ed Morrissey Jan 14, 2021 9:14 AM

There’s only one solution … and it’s not coming quickly enough yet.

Out of gas and out of business: 140,000 jobs lost in December

Ed Morrissey Jan 08, 2021 9:38 AM

Unemployment at 6.7%, but ….

Nov 2020

October jobs report: 638,000 jobs added

Ed Morrissey Nov 06, 2020 8:56 AM

Unemployment drops to 6.9%.

Oct 2020

30K more California addresses hit by unemployment fraud attempts

Jazz Shaw Oct 06, 2020 12:31 PM

The numbers keep growing

Final pre-election jobs report: 661K jobs added, unemployment drops to 7.9%

Ed Morrissey Oct 02, 2020 9:21 AM

Momentum.

Sep 2020

Ooops. California shuts down new unemployment claims after massive fraud uncovered

Jazz Shaw Sep 22, 2020 2:31 PM

Can’t imagine how that happened

Rebound: Retail sales continue upswing as Fed predicts continued growth through 2021; Update: Weekly jobless claims decline, 916K drop in continuing benefits

Ed Morrissey Sep 17, 2020 8:41 AM

Go long and go deep?

Breaking: US adds 1.4 million jobs in August, unemployment rate drops to 8.4%

Ed Morrissey Sep 04, 2020 8:38 AM

Progress, regardless of media coverage.

Aug 2020

Harris: Trump inherited a long economic expansion and drove it into the ground

Allahpundit Aug 13, 2020 1:31 PM

What.

When one employed person gets 19 unemployment payments

Jazz Shaw Aug 11, 2020 12:31 PM

Party like it’s 1999

The media spin on enhanced unemployment benefits has certainly changed, hasn’t it?

Jazz Shaw Aug 11, 2020 10:31 AM

What a difference a day makes

Trump hits back: Go figure that RINO Ben Sasse is criticizing me again now that he’s won his primary

Allahpundit Aug 10, 2020 5:31 PM

“This foolishness plays right into the hands of the Radical Left Dems!”

Ben Sasse: Trump’s stimulus executive orders are “unconstitutional slop”

Allahpundit Aug 09, 2020 2:01 PM

“The pen-and-phone theory of executive lawmaking is unconstitutional slop.”

Breaking: Trump extends unemployment benefits through executive orders

Jazz Shaw Aug 08, 2020 7:01 PM

Cutting through the red tape

Jobs uninterrupted? July adds 1.8 million new jobs, unemployment drops to 10.2%

Ed Morrissey Aug 07, 2020 9:21 AM

“Slightly”??

New Zealand “beat the virus” but what happened next?

Jazz Shaw Aug 05, 2020 4:31 PM

Fudging the numbers a bit

Jul 2020

Flashback – Biden to oil and gas industry workers: Learn to code

Jazz Shaw Jul 29, 2020 4:31 PM

Weren’t we told you’re not supposed to say that?

Nate Silver: Yes, Trump can still win this race

Allahpundit Jul 26, 2020 3:31 PM

“I do not buy that Trump’s fate is sealed.”

Cruz and Cotton clash: Should the GOP go big on another coronavirus stimulus?

Allahpundit Jul 22, 2020 5:31 PM

“What in the hell are we doing?”

The stalemate over extending unemployment benefits could be solved with a single sentence

Jazz Shaw Jul 20, 2020 10:31 AM

It doesn’t have to be this hard

Hmmm: Weekly jobless claims still at 1.3 million — but continuing claims drop sharply

Ed Morrissey Jul 09, 2020 2:01 PM

Picking up where we left off.

WaPo: Looks like COVID-19 relief Phase $ — er, Phase 4 — really is coming

Ed Morrissey Jul 07, 2020 10:01 AM

Why not $17 gazillion dollars, while we’re at it?

Rebound: US adds 4.8 million jobs in June, unemployment falls to 11.1%; Trump: “Historic”

Ed Morrissey Jul 02, 2020 10:01 AM

Momentum.

Jun 2020

Market Watch: Over/under for June jobs report is … 3 million?

Ed Morrissey Jun 27, 2020 10:01 AM

Fueled by consumer spending’s big May rebound?

Idaho to pay people to go back to work

Jazz Shaw Jun 16, 2020 10:31 AM

Those unable or unwilling to work…

Meltdown slowing: 1.5 million new jobless claims last week

Ed Morrissey Jun 11, 2020 10:01 AM

Mnuchin: You’d better believe more economic relief will be needed.

PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor’s selective interest in unemployment rates

John Sexton Jun 05, 2020 4:41 PM

It wasn’t a crucial question.

Breaking: May jobs report ADDS 2.5 million jobs; Update: Biggest jobs increase ever, says CNBC

Ed Morrissey Jun 05, 2020 8:41 AM

Jobless rate drops to 13.3%.

Washington State has recovered about half of the $650 million lost to unemployment fraud

John Sexton Jun 04, 2020 4:41 PM

“…every state is vulnerable to this scheme and will be targeted if they have not been already.”

Meltdown slows? Weekly jobless claims under 2M for first time since March

Ed Morrissey Jun 04, 2020 9:56 AM

GOP hitting reverse on jobless benefits?

Surprise: ADP projects US lost only 2.76 million jobs in May

Ed Morrissey Jun 03, 2020 10:01 AM

Back to work?

Incentives: Should next COVID-19 bonus go to those who return to work?

Ed Morrissey Jun 01, 2020 4:01 PM

Helicopter Cash Inc.

May 2020

Q1 gets worse: Annualized GDP growth downgraded to -5%, another 2.1 million jobless claims

Ed Morrissey May 28, 2020 9:56 AM

A silver lining in jobless claims?

Should we cut back the federally enhanced unemployment benefits?

Jazz Shaw May 22, 2020 8:01 AM

It’s not a binary choice

Meltdown watch: Another 2.98 million jobless claims last week

Ed Morrissey May 14, 2020 9:56 AM

The clock is running.

The Illinois unemployment system is still a hot mess

Jazz Shaw May 12, 2020 6:31 PM

Lots of talk, not much action

WSJ: Those shutdown job losses in manufacturing won’t come back

Ed Morrissey May 11, 2020 8:01 PM

Great Depression II?

Crater: Unemployment rate 14.7%, 20.5 million jobs vaporized in April

Ed Morrissey May 08, 2020 9:21 AM

“I’ll bring it back.”

Apr 2020

Meltdown continues: Another 3.8 million jobless claims last week, 30 million jobs vaporized

Ed Morrissey Apr 30, 2020 10:01 AM

Trump: No extension for stay-at-home guidance.

Whitmer: Stay tuned as we announce some “adjustments” to our draconian lockdown order

Ed Morrissey Apr 23, 2020 12:01 PM

“Can Michigan spare its governor?”

The decline in demand for oil could wipe out hundreds of thousands of jobs (Update)

John Sexton Apr 21, 2020 7:01 PM

“It’s a sad time for our business, that’s for damn sure.”

Meltdown continues: Jobless claims “drop” to 5.2M, 22M jobs lost in a month; Trump to Pelosi: “Come back to Washington and do your job!”

Ed Morrissey Apr 16, 2020 9:21 AM

Where’s Congress?

Today’s hot topics on #TEMS: Media flops, New York drops, Barr pops, DNC swaps?, rescue ops, and more!

Ed Morrissey Apr 09, 2020 3:41 PM

Duane Patterson and Phil Kerpen at 4 pm ET!