William Rodgers joins NBC News to discuss how employers or the government should chip in to help cover home office expenses of the millions of Americans now working from home. NBC New York, December 9, 2020
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Pandemic Slows Economic Recovery
David Cruz talks with Economist & Rutgers Univ. Prof. Bill Rodgers about the latest jobs numbers & impact of a potential federal stimulus.Our panel of journalists- Colleen O'Dea from NJ Spotlight News, NJ 101.5's Michael Symons & Katherine Landergan from...
In November, men dropped out of the workforce at higher rates than women
About 347,000 men left the workforce in November, compared to about 10,000 women. That’s in stark contrast to September, when 865,000 women left the labor force — four times the number of men that month. The drop-off is somewhat striking because aside from March and...
Rutgers Economist available to discuss November jobs report
Rutgers economist William M. Rodgers is available for interviews on the November jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department to be released Friday, Dec. 4.
Why flat permanent job loss in the month of July is concerning: Economist
Professor William M. Rodgers III of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development joined a Yahoo Finance On the Move panel to discuss the unexpected addition of 1.76 million jobs in July. Yahoo Finance "On the Move," August 7, 2020
If we don’t receive stimulus, ‘we’re going back into recession’: economist
Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics Chief Economist, joins The Final Round to discuss his thoughts on what’s driving the markets, how investors should be thinking about the July jobs report and the impact of a stalling stimulus plan might have on the economy. Professor...
9 charts that show the good, the bad and the alarming of this early economic recovery
While stocks are soaring, so are applications for unemployment. Applications for jobless aid are still about seven times higher than before the pandemic, and people are lining up outside unemployment offices, desperate for help. Economists remain concerned that...
New digital banking services platform aimed at facilitating consumers’ access, use of their money launched
“Rellevate's suite of financial services will reduce the volatility in income that a growing number of Americans face. It will also enable them to better meet unanticipated expenses, meaning they no longer have to rely on high-cost alternatives,” said William M....
Former chief economist of US Labor Department on changing the way we work
Chief Economist of the Rutgers University Heldrich Center for Workforce Development William Rodgers and fmr. Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor shares the three trends that have impacted how we work at CNBC’s Capital Exchange: Diversity & Inclusion...
With Jobless Rate Low, Why Aren’t Wages Up?
The U.S. labor market works generally on the law of supply and demand. When the unemployment rate is low, and businesses are hiring, employers generally hike wages to attract the workers needed to fill their open jobs. Even with the jobless rate at 3.9 percent in...
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