Federal data for July caught the tail end of the $600 a week in additional federal unemployment insurance just before it expired.

The number of initial claims has exceeded 1 million most weeks since late March.

So we created an interactive map of unemployment benefits and average rent across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The pandemic isn’t abating and consumers are wary of the future, economists at The Conference Board say.

A rising number of people who have lost jobs say they consider their loss to be permanent.

Working parents with schoolkids at home due to COVID-19 should be eligible for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. But that’s not working out for some.

While new jobless claims fell below 1 million for the first time in 21 weeks, we’re still a long way away from a “good” economy.

The decline suggests that layoffs are slowing, though last week’s figure is still above the pre-pandemic record of just under 700,000.

Calling on states to implement new unemployment programs, as Trump’s action has done, may not be practical.

Credit card debt was down by $76 billion in the second quarter, the steepest decline in card balances since tracking started.