It’s been 22 months and three unemployment appeals since Nicolas Allen’s last job in Fresno. In the time it has taken the 44-year-old graphic designer to win a fraction of the benefits that he applied for, his wife has weathered a high-risk pregnancy, his youngest son was born and his family has been pushed to the financial brink.
The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that it expects the U.S. economy to stagnate this year with the unemployment rate jumping to 5.1% — a bleak outlook that was paired with a 10-year projection that publicly held U.S. debt would nearly double to $46.4 trillion in 2033.
California’s unemployment rate fell to historically low levels in July, while adding the state’s largest job gain since February and second largest since August 2021.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months of sharply rising prices have raised concerns that record-high government financial aid and the Federal Reserve’s ultra-low interest rate policies — when the economy is already surging — have elevated the risk of accelerating inflation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for the sixth straight week as the U.S. economy, held back for months by the coronavirus pandemic, reopens rapidly.
San Jacinto council hears two annexations and a 151-home tract Oct. 20; Hemet Planning Commission takes up the Rancho Diamante development agreement; Valley-Wide adopts a Winchester CFD tax. Times, places and posted items for Oct. 19-25.