by Allison Nicole Smith | May 23, 2021 | Personal Income
High school senior Chris White planned on attending University of Texas at Arlington, a local university about a 30-minute drive from his home. But then covid hit, his father lost his job because of pandemic-related lay-offs, and he struggled to adapt to remote and...
by Allison Nicole Smith | May 10, 2021 | Employment, Featured
The job market stumbled last month, dampening hopes for rapid economic recovery amid the coronavirus vaccination rollout, while crystallizing debate over the health of the economy. U.S. employers added a meager 266,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department reported...
by Allison Nicole Smith | Apr 29, 2021 | Featured, Personal Income
The March report on personal income and spending — an important indicator of Americans’ financial security and consumer confidence in the economy — is expected to signal turbocharged spending and stockpiles of wealth because of additional federal stimulus, easing...
by Allison Nicole Smith | Apr 18, 2021 | Featured, Personal Income
After Meera was laid off from her job in December because of the coronavirus (she asked to only be identified by her first name), she posted her resume to the job search site Indeed. Soon after, Meera received an email offer to make nearly $3k a month as a...
by Allison Nicole Smith | Mar 29, 2021 | Employment, Featured
A year after the pandemic devastated the job market, federal data to be released next Friday will likely show a labor market that’s beginning to claw its way out of a coronavirus recession hole. Economists expect the jobs report to show significant growth for March,...
