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California’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund that pays out state benefits is now “structurally insolvent,” according to a recent report. The Legislative Analyst’s Office noted the debt crisis involving the California Employment Development Department’s (EDD) UI trust fund on July 7. The state report was released following last week’s “May Fund Forecast” report by the …
As we approach the beginning of Q2 bank earnings, analysts are bracing themselves for what is anticipated to be the most significant decline in earnings since the onset of the pandemic, with a staggering -7% expected. This pattern seems eerily familiar, as we witnessed a similar sequence of events back in 2018 when the Federal …
https://twitter.com/pepedownunder/status/1675092080211935241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://voiceforscienceandsolidarity.substack.com/p/who-and-the-pandemic-threathy-is h/t S-man
via gallup: Gallup has asked Americans whether they think the COVID-19 pandemic is over since June 2021, and until now, found less than half saying it was. This includes a 49% reading in February. Since then, the percentage of Americans who think the pandemic is over has jumped 15 percentage points to 64%, while 36% …
Yes! And I own a salon and have a tip screen… but at the deli where I buy wine (tip screen )and then w/ 2 dogs, I pick up from Burger Lounge tip button again—-BEFORE they make my food… so I get worried. Pay a living wage places w/o service—-or is this just a new …
via MSN: The country’s life expectancy problem gained renewed attention in recent years during the COVID-19 pandemic after seeing the largest drop since World War II. As U.S. life expectancy continues to plummet, a new report found the country has been at a life expectancy disadvantage since the 1950s, and it has only gotten worse …