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. Scott Horsley
Boeing layoffs hit amid progress on unemployment backlog ‘We don't know how many workers are next.’ Paige Browning
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. Scott Horsley
Nordstrom returns to Western Washington with a modified shopping experience Another sign that pandemic lockdowns are being loosened: Nordstrom is opening its doors. Carolyn Adolph
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%. Pallavi Gogoi
Women Bear The Brunt Of Coronavirus Job Losses Before the coronavirus crisis, there were briefly more women on American payrolls than men. That's no longer true. Women accounted for 55% of the increase in job losses last month. Danielle Kurtzleben
One For The History Books: 14.7% Unemployment, 20.5 Million Jobs Wiped Away U.S. employers shed a record number of jobs in April, as the unemployment rate climbed to the highest since the Great Depression. The coronavirus crisis has locked down much of the economy. Scott Horsley
Friday's Jobs Numbers Will Be Brutal But Won't Tell The Whole Story The Labor Department is expected to report the U.S. lost millions of jobs last month due to the coronavirus. Unemployment likely jumped to its highest level since the Great Depression. Scott Horsley
20.2 Million Private-Sector Jobs Are Gone The record job losses are a preview of the Labor Department's employment report for April coming Friday. ADP's new numbers are not surprising, given the more than 30 million jobless claims filed. Avie Schneider
Set Builder: 'It's New York City ... Eventually, Events Have to Come Back' Maxwell Kirsner built sets for big events. Then he, his fiancée, and their coworkers were laid off. Kirsner says he's optimistic the city will make it back, but he's worried how long that will take. Scott Horsley
