Updated on Jan. 31 with the latest employment cost index data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate went down slightly at 4.1% in December — a 0.1 percentage point decrease ...

State will pay $2.034B to the federal government from the employer-funded unemployment insurance trust fund and $73M in ...

US job growth slowed more than expected in January, but a 4.0% unemployment rate probably will give the Federal Reserve cover ...

Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in more than three years. Applications for ...

California's elected officials aren't saying much about how they plan to address festering problems with state unemployment ...

The settlement saddles the state with a major new cost at a time when budget-writers are grappling with a series of other headaches and the unemployment insurance system already faces fiscal problems.

For example, policies that try to lower unemployment by boosting consumer demand (thereby raising production) can do so only temporarily, and at the cost of higher inflation later. However, policies ...