Extended Mass Layoffs (Quarterly) News Release — 2009-02-13
Employers initiated 3,140 mass layoff events in the fourth quarter of 2008 that resulted in the separation of 508,859 workers from their…
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Employers initiated 3,140 mass layoff events in the fourth quarter of 2008 that resulted in the separation of 508,859 workers from their…

Major work stoppages idled 72,000 workers for nearly two million workdays in 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor�s Bureau of Labor Statistics…

On the last business day of December, there were 2.7 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate…

Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply in January (-598,000) and the unem- ployment rate rose from 7.2 to 7.6 percent, the Bureau of…

Advance copies of this statement are made available to the press under lock-up conditions with the explicit understanding that the data are…

To reduce liquidity and other strains being experienced by money market mutual funds, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System…

To reduce liquidity and other strains being experienced by money market mutual funds, the Federal Reserve System adopted on September 19, 2008…

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor today reported preliminary productivity data--as measured by output per hour of…

Unemployment rates were higher in December than a year earlier in 363 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 5 areas, and…

Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.5 percent from September to December 2008, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of…

The Board is requesting public comment on proposed amendments to Regulation D, Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions, to authorize the establishment of…

The Board, OTS, and NCUA (collectively, the Agencies) are exercising their authority under section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act to…

The Board is amending Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), and the staff commentary to the regulation, following…

The Board is proposing to amend Regulation E, which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and the official staff commentary to the…

In 2008, union members accounted for 12.4 percent of employed wage and salary workers, up from 12.1 percent a year earlier, the…

In December, employers took 2,275 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month…

In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the…

Regional and state unemployment rates were universally higher in December. All 50 states and the District of Columbia recorded both over-the-month and…

At age 21, women are more likely to be enrolled in college than men, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.…

About 61.8 million people, or 26.4 percent of the population, volun- teered through or for an organization at least once between September…

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 105.8 million full-time wage and salary workers were $728 in the fourth quarter of 2008, the…

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 1.0 percent in December, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics…

Real average weekly earnings rose by 0.6 percent from November to December after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary data released today by…

In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the…