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Jobs & The Economy

Spending cash in store

Analysis

$300 Weekly Jobless Benefit Is Good for Kentucky’s Economy

The expanded $300 a week in federally-funded jobless benefits known as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) is providing a necessary...

Dustin Pugel and Jason Bailey | May 20, 2021

Increasing Wages

Op-Ed

This One Weird Trick Will Help Kentucky Employers Find Workers

As the economy is beginning to recover, we’re hearing the return of old, discredited claims that people just aren't willing to work.  Pay attention and you'll notice that such complaints...

Jason Bailey | May 7, 2021

Kentucky Jobs Feb 20 Feb 21

Analysis

The Coronavirus Economy in Kentucky: One Year Later

The calendar now marks one year since COVID-19 hit Kentucky. Over that time, the impact on human health has been enormous: over 422,000 Kentuckians have contracted the virus and nearly...

Jason Bailey | March 25, 2021

Kentucky Jobs through Jan 2021

Analysis

Kentucky Saw Small Uptick in Jobs in January, But Major Jobs Gap Remains

Kentucky’s economy experienced slight improvement in January, new monthly jobs data shows, but the employment situation remains far weaker than it was before the pandemic hit a year ago. Thankfully,...

Jason Bailey | March 11, 2021

weakening recovery

Analysis

Recovery Went in Reverse in December as Relief Expired, Pandemic Resurged

New monthly jobs data shows the state lost jobs in December for the first time since the recovery began in the spring of 2020. The end of federal CARES Act...

Jason Bailey | January 21, 2021

job growth has slowed

Analysis

Kentucky’s Too-Slow Economic Recovery Faces New Threats

New employment data for October shows Kentucky's recovery continues at too slow a pace to get the economy back on its feet any time soon. The expiration of federal aid...

Jason Bailey | November 19, 2020

Analysis

New Employment Data Shows Hardship Across the Commonwealth and for Low-Wage Earners

Amidst a new surge of COVID-19 cases, recent data shows that employment in virtually all Kentucky counties remained severely depressed in September. When looking at the economic recovery by income...

Dustin Pugel | October 23, 2020

Analysis

Kentucky Recovery Halted in September, Heightening Need for Much More Federal Aid

New jobs numbers for September show Kentucky's economy failed to make badly-needed progress last month as the effects of federal stimulus legislation passed in March continue to fade. The state's...

Jason Bailey | October 15, 2020

Analysis

Continued Slow Job Growth in August, Historic Kentucky Jobs Gap Remains

Kentucky had another month of relatively modest job growth in August, and the state continues to face a massive shortage of jobs while signs in the national economy show more...

Jason Bailey | September 18, 2020

Analysis

Black Kentucky Workers Are More Likely To Have Been Laid Off in the Pandemic, and Less Likely To Have Been Hired Since

Black Kentuckians are experiencing job loss at a higher rate than white Kentuckians in the COVID-19 pandemic. A long history of racist policies ranging from slavery and Jim Crow to...

Dustin Pugel | September 11, 2020

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