With Biden due to leave the White House in January, the Chinese leader used the meeting on Saturday to outline his approach to the Trump administration. That means finding a way forward for the world’s two largest economies, and Xi stressed that the US and China should not lead the …
Read More »The unemployment rate remains low in light of recent job openings
Connecticut officials are working to find the right workers to fill thousands of unfilled jobs after federal job openings turned out to be better than expected. The latest report showed the nation added 336,000 jobs in September, keeping the federal unemployment rate at 3.8% — much better than at times …
Read More »Fact Check: Biden Makes False Claims About Debt, Deficit In Jobs Speech
Washington CNN — In Friday’s speech on the September jobs report, President Joe Biden made a series of three false or misleading statements — falsely saying he’d cut the debt, falsely acknowledging a tax policy that didn’t take effect until 2023, for improving the budget situation in 2021 and 2022, …
Read More »Fraudulent unemployment benefits during COVID hit $135 billion: Observer
The amount of fraudulent unemployment benefits paid out during the pandemic is likely to have been between $100 billion and $135 billion, or up to 15% of total benefits issued between April 2020 and May 2023, according to a government watchdog. The inquiry doubles the original Government Accountability Assessment presented …
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