- Unemployment claims slide continues, By Hibah Yousuf, September 24, 2009, CNNMoney.com: “New filings for unemployment insurance fell for a third straight week, the government said Thursday, surprising economists. There were 530,000 initial claims filed in the week ended Sept. 19, down 21,000 from a revised 551,000 the previous week, the Labor Department said in a weekly report…”
- Initial jobless claims decline for third straight week, By David Grant, September 24, 2009, Christian Science Monitor: “The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped last week to 530,000, down 21,000 from the previous week. The 530,000 mark – the third lowest number of claims in 2009 and the lowest since the week ending July 11 – surprised many analysts, who had expected the number of claims to remain the same or even tick up slightly. There was also a decline of 123,000 in the number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits, bringing that total down to 6.1 million for the week ending Sept 12, the last week for which information is available…”
- State Labor leaders want jobless benefits extended, By Denise Jewell Gee, September 24, 2009, Buffalo News: “The state labor commissioner warned today that the cost of supporting unemployed workers could fall to state and local governments if federal lawmakers do not extend unemployment benefits. M. Patricia Smith joined labor leaders from 17 other states to call on Congress to extend unemployment insurance benefits an additional 13 weeks…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty