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Unemployment
Progressive lawmakers in several states want to extend strikers a financial lifeline as they fight for better wages and benefits.
The Trump-loving senator's boast earned him a series of social media takedowns.
The effort to reduce the time tax spent on accessing government benefits aims to make them more accessible and reduce inequality.
The legislation would give states and prosecutors more incentive to go after imposter unemployment claimants.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.4%, matching a 54-year low.
There's a reason why companies do lots of layoffs right now.
Republican lawmakers may balk at providing extra unemployment insurance benefits.
Septembers slightly more moderate pace of hiring may be welcomed by the Fed, which has been trying to tame high inflation without causing a recession.
Reduced openings are a clear sign that the Feds anti-inflation strategy is taking effect but also a potential omen of economic hardship to come.
States are cutting back, and Congress is unlikely to step in even after the pandemic exposed the unemployment system's shortcomings.
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