Job creation

Other employment numbers have been subject to a lot of revision as well.

Just how do researchers calculate that?

When Michigan expanded the health coverage program for low-income people, it led to 30,000 new jobs in the state.

But will it create them where oil and coal jobs have been lost?

The modernization plan could expand port capacity and create jobs along the supply chain.

Treasury chief Yellen said the relief package may help the economy return to full employment in 2022. Officials are also concerned with other measures of financial hardship and inequality.

It starts with a huge web of government data on jobs.

A possible cure for the economic crisis caused by the pandemic? The job guarantee. Pavlina Tcherneva of Bard College explains the job-creation idea.

The National Association of Realtors finds that metro areas with declining home affordability have less job growth.

Don't expect much from the Labor Department's monthly numbers, analysts say.