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Commentary Unemployment

There’s a Growing Bipartisan Consensus to Fix Unemployment Insurance

Unemployment Insurance Data Dashboard

Commentary Economics

Will Congress Pass a Bipartisan Stimulus Package, or Send the Unemployed a Lump of Coal for Christmas?

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 17: People receive food at the Thessalonica Christian Church during a distribution site on October 17, 2020 in New York City. The Bronx, a borough which has long struggled with poverty and neglect, has been especially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The official unemployment rate in the Bronx is 21% while the unofficial number is presumed to be almost twice that. With many residents unable to afford health care and being home to a significant amount of front-line workers, the Bronx has the highest COVID-19 death rate in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Commentary Economics

Looming Unemployment Cliff Will Hit Women and People of Color the Hardest

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 06: A New York Labor Department office is viewed in Manhattan on March 6, 2015 in New York City. Beating expectations, the Labor Department reported on Friday that employers added 295,000 workers in February. The robust numbers brought the unemployment rate down to 5.5 percent, its lowest since mid-2008. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Commentary Rediscovering Government

New Data Show That the True March Jobless Rate Could Near 20 Percent

LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 16: George, who is homeless, panhandles along a street in Lawrence on August 16, 2019 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Lawrence, once one of America’s great manufacturing cities with immigrants from around the world coming to work in its textile and wool processing mills, has struggled to find its economic base since the decline of manufacturing. Despite a strong national economy, Lawrence, and many mid-size American cities and towns, are struggling with persistent joblessness, an opioid epidemic and a lack of affordable housing. While Lawrence is witnessing pockets of investment, many of its residents are facing economic hardship. Currently one-third of Lawrence's children live in poverty, 36 percent of residents receive aid under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and just over 24 percent of residents live in poverty. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

About TCF Unemployment

TCF Fellow Andrew Stettner Reacts to Record Surge of Unemployment Claims Nationwide