Black workers were the only racial or ethnic group for whom unemployment rose in the most recent monthly data — to nearly 9%.

No more gig worker and self-employed benefits, no more extra $300 a week and no more extended aid for the long-term unemployed.

The Sept. 5 cutoff will take billions of dollars out of consumers’ pockets.

Workplace mandates are likely to accelerate after full government approval of the Pfizer vaccine.

Their federal benefits — which add up to more than $6 billion a week — are about to run out.

Many states ended pandemic-related federal unemployment programs early, but there’s no evidence it sent more people back to work.

A new study says vaccination rates are a bigger incentive to look for work than the loss of the weekly payments.

What business owners are seeing, plus a look at unemployment and job search data.

About half of states have ended at least some enhanced federal support, which were funded to run through September.

That’s even while the economy and job market appear to be rebounding.