I am employed full-time. My husband is currently unemployed, after being laid off from his tech job. I'm the only one making ends meet and sometimes, I can't. I feel very frustrated by my husband's lack of "get up and go." He has been unemployed for over 15 months. I'm fed up and have threatened divorce a couple of times. Nothing ever changes. We got married when he first lost his job, because he needed insurance. I'm very stressed out and have been getting sick from all the stress.
When we decided to start living together, he said that he will cover the rent, which is about $1,300 a month, and I would pay for groceries and our utilities,
The US added 119,000 jobs in September, far more than the 53,000 economists expected, and unemployment unexpectedly increased to 4.4% from 4.3%. August's job growth was revised from a gain of 22,000 to a loss of 4,000, and July's growth was revised from a gain of 79,000 to 72,000. "With these revisions, employment in July and August combined is 33,000 lower than previously reported," BLS said.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and its main regional ally have scored a landslide victory in elections in the eastern state of Bihar, according to results on Friday from the Election Commission of India. The state election was closely watched because it offers an insight into the level of support for the Indian leader and his party.
Similarly, despite a slew of announced layoffs, the actual number of people filing for unemployment benefits - as revealed by states' releases of their weekly claims numbers - remains low for now. JPMorgan economists peg last week's initial claims at 229,000, up a bit from 220,000 the previous week but well within the low range that has prevailed all year.
There is discrimination against older people. The big beef Carl Of course the boats should stop. People are dying in the Channel, that's not a good thing. They should have safe, legal routes and be assessed to see if they have a genuine claim. The current debate has been massively overheated by a vocal, well-funded minority position, and it's taken all the compassion out of it.
The Bay Area and California produced only small job gains during August, a new government report released Friday shows - another warning sign that job markets statewide and in this region have begun to stall. California also has the nation's highest unemployment rate among the 50 states and is one of only five states with a jobless rate of 5.0% or greater. The Bay Area added 200 jobs in August, primarily because of a hiring upswing in the San Francisco-San Mateo region and despite a significant loss of jobs in the South Bay, according to reports released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
New figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the job market is considerably weaker than initially believed, and has been since April 2024. The revised BLS findings, out Tuesday, showed 911,000 fewer jobs than what was initially reported painting an ugly picture of the U.S. economy over the past year. (BLS) The stats are preliminary, and the final figures will be released early next year, according to the Associated Press.
After vacancies saw their strong annual growth for three years in June, the pendulum swung back in July with roles falling -1.24% month-on-month and a mere uptick of +0.31% year-on-year, according to the latest UK Job Market Report by job matching platform Adzuna. Nevertheless, July marks the fifth consecutive month of positive year-on-year growth, coming after 30 months of declines that lasted till this February.
