Employment | Center for Effective Government

Six Months after Emergency Unemployment Benefits Expired, 2.9 Million Americans Left Behind

May 21, 2014 by Jessica Schieder

While the monthly jobs numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate official unemployment is gradually falling, there were still 9.8 million Americans out of work in April, of which 3.5 million were unemployed for 27 weeks or more. Americans are still hurting, and Congress needs to take action immediately.

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Extended Unemployment Benefits Expired Despite Unprecedented Labor Market

Jan 9, 2014 by Jessica Schieder

Congress will consider extending unemployment compensation this week for the 1.3 million Americans, who lost unemployment insurance when the extended benefits program expired in late December.

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Without Austerity, More Americans Would Have Jobs

May 10, 2013 by Nick Schwellenbach

As if Americans needed anymore confirmation that austerity is holding the economy back, The New York Times this week reported that the consensus among private financial analysts – as well as by the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Federal Reserve and others – is that sequestration and earlier spending cuts are translating into fewer jobs and a worse economy for the nation overall.

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