It's commonly known that interest rates are indirectly related to unemployment. High interest rates can dampen economic activity and reduce employment, while low rates spur economic growth and ...

・Higher education consistently lowers unemployment risk. Federal data show that people with a bachelor’s degree or higher have unemployment rates roughly half those of individuals with only a high ...

The unemployment rate can’t tell us everything happening in the job market. But the Labor Department is robust and transparent in its calculations. I hear a lot of people talking about the ...

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