A hiring sign is seen at a booth for prospective employers during a job fair in Los Angeles in 2021. Job openings are down, especially in tech support roles in California, as high interest rates have cooled demand for new workers. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated Press) The number of job openings has declined sharply in […]
Jun. 27—Motor vehicle fatalities in New York state rose 25.8% from 2019-2022, with fatalities at the highest level in a decade in 2022, even as the number of vehicle miles traveled, licensed drivers and traffic accidents have declined, according to a report released Thursday, June 27 by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Traffic fatalities in […]
Jobless Claims Exceed Estimates, Philly Fed Index Declines, Housing Starts And Permits Fall Sharply: Thursday’s Economic Digest Economic data released Thursday morning revealed slightly higher-than-expected weekly unemployment claims, sharp contractions in housing starts and building permits, and a drop in a business outlook survey within the Philadelphia Federal Reserve District. Thursday’s Economic Releases: Key Highlights […]
A sign reads, ‘Hello, we are hiring!’ in front of a CVS store on August 8, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (File/Mario Tama/Getty Images) The number of job openings has declined sharply in every state since 2022, better aligning the numbers of unfilled jobs and people seeking work. Nationally, for the first time since before […]
A hiring sign is seen at a booth for prospective employers during a job fair in Los Angeles in 2021. Job openings are down, especially in tech support roles in California, as high interest rates have cooled demand for new workers. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated Press) The number of job openings has declined sharply in […]
New cars of the “Dolphin” model from Chinese car manufacturer BYD are in the harbor. Lars Penning/dpa China’s share of purely electric vehicle imports into Germany rose to 40.9% in the first four months of this year, even though the number of such imported vehicles fell by 15.7%, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported on […]
Germany’s register of discrimination against Roma and Sinti people on Monday reported 1,233 incidents last year, almost twice the level of the previous year. The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma advocacy group attributed the rise in part to incidents being reported more frequently, but nevertheless saw the trend as worrying. “This causes us […]
Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records set off a political firestorm in Washington on Thursday, with Republicans furiously lambasting the verdict as a miscarriage of justice while Democrats commended New York jurors for rendering a fair judgment in one of the most historic trials in American history. Republicans unsurprisingly rallied […]
The El Paso Independent School District is planning to close or consolidate schools — which the district calls “sunsetting campuses” — by the 2025-26 school year as it braces for continued declining enrollment. EPISD Superintendent Diana Sayavedra on Wednesday announced the district is evaluating programs, resources and facilities and will present recommendations to the Board of […]
Supporters of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are sharply divided across all sorts of lines, including the sources they rely on to get their news, new data from the NBC News poll shows. Biden is the clear choice of voters who consume newspapers and national network news, while Trump does best among […]
The U.S. economy might be out of the frying pan and into the fire. After months—even years—of planning for a recession, the country may find itself facing a different sort of calamity: stagflation. A new report released yesterday by the Commerce Department showed GDP growth slowing sharply, while certain inflation metrics crept up, leaving Wall […]
A federal appeals panel on Friday appeared skeptical of arguments defending New Jersey’s controversial primary ballot design as judges weigh whether it should be used for the June primary. The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals panel questioned attorneys on both sides during two hours of oral arguments on whether to keep in place a […]