by Francisco Velasquez | May 21, 2021 | Employment, Featured
Juline Chevalier packed her bags in June of last year when her position at the Minneapolis Institute of Art was eliminated. After five years and six months of working as a museum educator at the MIA, she returned to Virginia, where she continued working as the...
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 Aria Velasquez | May 3, 2021 | Featured, Trade
The March international trade report is expected to deliver news of another record-breaking trade deficit. The U.S. is importing and exporting more, a sign that the economy is finding its legs as it recovers from the pandemic-induced recession. The trade gap is...
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 Keira Wingate | Apr 25, 2021 | Featured, Manufacturing
The Commerce Department will release the advanced durable goods report on Monday. Economists expect a positive report after February’s slight decline, the first decline in nine months. With high vaccination rates in March, the report should signal an...
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...
