Higher education is already feeling a lot of pain because of the pandemic, but it’s going to get worse.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Report: Enrollment Continues to Trend Downward
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has bad news. Again.
Its latest fall 2020 enrollment report continues to show downward trajectories nearly across the board in...
The September jobs report, the last one before the election, revealed the economy only added 661,000 jobs.
However, the unemployment rate sits at 7.9%. The economy has also recovered 12 million jobs since the COVID-19 outbreak in mid-March, which saw around 22 million layoffs.
Another 860,000 Americans filed unemployment claims last week, keeping the trend under 900,000 steady for a few weeks.
The number from the week before was revised up to 884,000, meaning claims dropped by 24,000.
Have you been listening to Joe Biden’s economic message lately? If you have, you may find that it sounds a bit familiar. It almost seems like Joe is going to say “Make America Great Again” any day now.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in Biden’s case, it...
The Labor Department reported the economy added 1.4 million jobs in August and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.4%.
This is a huge drop from July, which saw a 10.2% unemployment rate.
The city of Minneapolis is requiring businesses destroyed by the recent riots to pre-pay their 2020 property taxes before they can even officially demolish and rebuild their businesses.
The city allowed these businesses to be destroyed, and now wants a ransom from the very people they victimized. When do the business owners...
People who have been trapped in their homes for months, and looking for a form of recreation that allows social distancing are increasingly turning to boating.
Some areas are reporting a massive spike in boat sales. It’s a win for people and the economy.
European Union economies have taken a big hit in the wake of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, registering their biggest decline in recent history. The eurozone economies, comprising of 19 out of 27 EU member states, reported an annualized GPD decline of 40.3 percent, higher than the annualized drop of 32.9 percent...
About 1.434 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week as states issue another shutdown due to spikes in coronavirus cases.
The GDP also crashed to a 32.9% annualized rate, which is the biggest drop on record. Overall, the GDP dropped 9.5% between the first and second quarters.
But we have to remember the...
Dave Portnoy of the tremendously successful ‘Barstool Sports’ did an interview with President Trump this week which is going viral for obvious reasons.
I don’t know how Portnoy secured this interview, but it’s one of the best interviews of Trump in years.
The unemployment claims last week went up slightly to 1.416 million.
However, continuing claims decreased. That means the unemployment went down a little bit to 11.1%. You need to remember that these numbers lag behind a week.
Unemployment claims continue to tumble! The Labor Department’s report states that 1.3 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week, which is down by 10,000 from the previous week.
Continuing claims fell by 737,750 to 17.338 million.
This story focuses on Amherst, MA, but the same would apply to pretty much any town that relies on colleges and universities as a major part of the local economy.
NBC News reports:
When a university closes for COVID-19, its college town may not survive
For more than a century, the office supply store...
On June 29, 2020, I urged people Don’t fall for Operation Demoralize:
We are in the middle of another Operation Demoralize. It happens every national election. This time it’s early, only June.
The media swarms and lies. Tells you it’s over, wants you to give up. Happens every single time.
The Labor Department’s unemployment report shows the unemployment filing numbers continue to decrease as the economy starts to pick up after the coronavirus shutdown.
1.3 million Americans filed last week, which is down by 99,000 from the previous week. The continuing claims fall to 18.06 million, which is a drop...
The U.S. economy is picking up after the coronavirus pandemic!
The June jobs report revealed the economy added 4.8 million jobs while the jobless rate fell to 11.1%
More good news for the economy! Consumer spending increased at a record 8.2% pace in May as states begin to reopen.
