Initial jobless claims have fallen to their lowest level since 1969, the White House said in a Thursday (July 23) post on X, sharing a link to a Bloomberg article. There were 187,000 initial claims during the week ended Friday (July 18), a figure that...
Watch more: Monday Conversation With EarnIn’s Ram Palaniappan A platform that sells access to wages needs customers who have wages. That is the commercial logic behind EarnIn’s move into job search. EarnIn began by giving workers access to wages before payday. Its new jobs platform,...
American consumers are increasingly pessimistic about their job prospects, according to new Conference Board data. The June installment of the board’s Employment Trends Index (ETI), released Monday (July 6) showed that the share of consumers who reported that “jobs are hard to get” climbed to...
The impact of AI has reportedly begun to show up in U.S. government employment data. A drop in financial services and IT payrolls — two sectors where artificial intelligence (AI) adoption has been quickest — accelerated this year to an average of 28,000 per month,...
July 13, 2026
Watch more: Monday Conversation With EarnIn’s Ram Palaniappan A platform that sells access to wages needs customers who have wages. That is the commercial logic behind EarnIn’s move into job search. EarnIn began by giving workers access to wages before payday. Its new jobs platform, Earn Better, extends that scope to the point at which […]
May 08, 2026
The labor market added jobs at a moderate pace in April, but the latest employment data also underscored a reality that has increasingly defined the U.S. economy. Front-line workers remain...
October 07, 2025
Americans are walking a careful line as they navigate inflation and household balance sheets, leveraging credit where needed but showing signs of restraint. The latest Federal Reserve data released Tuesday...
September 05, 2025
Even before the latest job numbers were released on Friday (Sept. 5), PYMNTS Intelligence had been busy uncovering the ways in which various households—across income levels and whether they’d been...
August 13, 2026
Jobless claims inched up last week in a move Bloomberg reported could be due to seasonal employment patterns. There were 209,000 initial claims for unemployment insurance during the week ended Friday (Aug. 8), a figure that was up 9,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up 1,000 to 200,000, […]
July 23, 2026
Initial jobless claims have fallen to their lowest level since 1969, the White House said in a Thursday (July 23) post on X, sharing a link to a Bloomberg article....
July 06, 2026
American consumers are increasingly pessimistic about their job prospects, according to new Conference Board data. The June installment of the board’s Employment Trends Index (ETI), released Monday (July 6) showed...
July 01, 2026
The impact of AI has reportedly begun to show up in U.S. government employment data. A drop in financial services and IT payrolls — two sectors where artificial intelligence (AI)...