Indicators like alcohol and sweatpant sales paint a picture of how we lived the past pandemic year.

The American Rescue Plan includes a monthly child tax credit, but it’s not enough to pay for full-time child care in most states.

The longer people are away from the workforce, the longer it takes to return.

Whether or not women recover economically from this pandemic is everybody’s problem.

The February gain marked a sharp pickup from the 166,000 jobs that were added in January and a loss of 306,000 in December.

Job postings have rebounded for occupations in manufacturing and construction, but not in hospitality or travel.

Neil Cairns of Portland, Oregon, is finding that returning to work is a tough job.

Throughout the pandemic, federal unemployment benefits have had expiration dates. Some economists think there’s a better way.

For a lot of people, the last year has been weird, from a tax standpoint.

One in three unemployed workers has pursued more education or job training while out of work, the Pew Research Center says.