A Sign Of Hope After 'Winter Hibernation': Employers Add 379,000 Jobs Meanwhile, the unemployment rate dipped to 6.2% last month as the winter wave of coronavirus infections eased.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Warns Of Long Road Ahead To Recover Millions Of Lost Jobs Powell warned it will take time to put millions of jobless Americans back to work, while also downplaying inflation threats.
Morning Edition Millions Are Out Of A Job. Yet Some Employers Wonder: Why Can't I Find Workers? Some businesses are struggling to find workers even as millions are unemployed, as the pandemic has made this a recession like no other.
Seattle Now Seattle Now: The uncertain future of Boeing A recent congressional investigation into two fatal 737 Max plane crashes blamed “cost cutting” and a “culture of concealment” at Boeing. Seattle’s aviation giant faces a tough journey to restore trust and rebuild its future.
KUOW Newsroom Amazon job growth to shift beyond Seattle Amazon says 7,000 of the 8,400 corporate and tech jobs it has available in the Puget Sound region are in the city of Seattle. But that
Job Gains Slowed Again In August As Employers Added 1.4 Million Jobs Fewer jobs were added to the economy last month even as the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%. Job growth has slowed since June in a sign of what could be a long and painful recovery from the recession.
KUOW Newsroom Boeing layoffs hit amid progress on unemployment backlog ‘We don't know how many workers are next.’
Hiring Surged In June. Employers Added 4.8 Million Jobs Before New Spike In Infections U.S. employers added 4.8 million jobs last month as the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%. There are indications that the job growth has slowed recently amid a surge of new coronavirus infections.
KUOW Newsroom Nordstrom returns to Western Washington with a modified shopping experience Another sign that pandemic lockdowns are being loosened: Nordstrom is opening its doors.
Why A Historic Wave Of Latino Prosperity Is Under Threat Now A few months ago, things were looking up for Latinos: wages were rising and unemployment was at a record low. Now, Latinos are the worst hit among all races: a record high unemployment rate of 18.9%.
