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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a “Now Hiring” sign in front of a store on January 13, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

The Great Resignation just refuses to quit as another 4.4 million Americans left their jobs in April

By Reade Pickert and Bloomberg

Cashier scans groceries

April was the pandemic’s weakest month in jobs creation, ADP report says

By Reade Pickert and Bloomberg

Businesses across the city and state struggling to hire

Wages jump 1.5% in the third quarter amid rising employment costs

By Reade Pickert and Bloomberg

A man hands his resume to an employer at the 25th annual Central Florida Employment Council Job Fair at the Central Florida Fairgrounds.

U.S. GDP rises just 2% as COVID and supply chain issues hampers economic growth

By Reade Pickert and Bloomberg

Job seekers speak with a representatives during a job fair at a community center in Beattyville, Kentucky, U.S., on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance rose unexpectedly by the most since late March, underscoring week-to-week volatility in an otherwise improving labor market. Photographer: Jon Cherry/Bloomberg

Job openings fell to 10.4 million in August amid labor shortage and COVID fears

By Reade Pickert and Bloomberg

Shoppers outside a Louis Vuitton store, operated by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. California lifted most of its Covid-19 restrictions Tuesday as part of a grand reopening in which the state will end capacity limits, physical distancing and mask requirements for those that are vaccinated. Photographer: Jill Connelly/Bloomberg

U.S. retail sales unexpectedly jumped in August as consumers shift their spending back to goods

By Reade Pickert and Bloomberg

Muhlenberg, PA – August 26: A help wanted sign that reads “Now Hiring!” in the window of the PetSmart location along 5th Street Highway in Muhlenberg Twp. Thursday morning August 26, 2021. (Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

U.S. job openings rose to 10.9 million in July

By Reade Pickert and Bloomberg

DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES – 2021/07/27: Signs outside of a Taco Bell franchise announce that it is hiring managers and team members. (Photo by Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The U.S. added just 235,000 jobs in August amid Delta surge, labor shortage

By Reade Pickert, Olivia Rockeman, and others

A store advertises a Help Wanted sign in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 12, 2021. – US consumer inflation surged 4.2 percent last month compared to April 2020, the Labor Department said May 12, 2021, posting the biggest year-on-year increase since 2008 as the economy recovered from the pandemic. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. job openings rose to a record high 9.2 million in May

By Reade Pickert, Olivia Rockeman, and others

Shoppers carry Zara bags on Fifth Avenue in New York, U.S., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. When the pandemic emptied New York City’s streets last year, some declared it dead. But after a terrible, painful year, the city is now defying those declarations and getting its mojo back. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

Personal spending among Americans stagnated in May as inflation rises

By Reade Pickert and Bloomberg

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 03: A pedestrian walks by a Now Hiring sign outside of a Lamps Plus store on June 03, 2021 in San Francisco, California. According to a U.S. Labor Department report, jobless claims fell for a fifth straight week to 385,000. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

U.S. job growth picks up in May, signaling progress on hiring workers

By Olivia Rockeman, Reade Pickert, and others

Investors are betting on a vaccine-led economic recovery in 2021, but inflation could be hard to sustain, economists warn. Wire photography: Kena Betancur—AFP via Getty Images

Investors are pricing in inflation for 2021. Here’s why it’s likely to be a mirage

By Reade Pickert and Bloomberg

A COVID-19 sugn is seen along Route 89 in Arizona on August 24, 2020. Arizona is one of two states that have begun paying Trump’s extra $300 unemployment benefit.

There are only 2 states paying Trump’s $300 unemployment benefits so far. Here’s where the rest stand

By Bloomberg and Reade Pickert

Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk past a Brooks Brothers store on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The iconic retailer filed for bankruptcy this month, one of many U.S. businesses felled by the coronavirus pandemic.

How ugly will it get? The U.S. is set to release a historically bad GDP report

By Reade Pickert and Bloomberg

A man wearing a face mask walks past a sign “Now Hiring” in front of a store amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 14, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. – Another 3 million people filed initial unemployment claims last week on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Department of Labor. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / […]

What is the real unemployment rate? Your questions about that shocking jobs report, answered

By Reade Pickert, Olivia Rockeman, and others