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New claims for unemployment benefits jumped sharply in Washington state last week, with some of that surge likely resulting from new pandemic restrictions on restaurants...
We’re updating this page with the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world,...
Seattle Theatre Group, operator of the Paramount, Moore, and Neptune theaters, is implementing a second wave of staff reductions. With this second round, STG will...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gripped by the accelerating viral outbreak, the U.S. economy is under pressure from persistent layoffs, diminished income and nervous consumers, whose spending...
Former Fed chair Janet Yellen, a labor market expert, appears poised to become one of few people to ever have wielded economic power from the...
Home prices in Seattle rose 10.1% compared to last year — faster than all but one major U.S. city. The market usually cools down with...
We’re updating this page with the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world,...
Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department. Her nomination was confirmed by a...
We’re updating this page with the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world,...
Across Seattle and the state, employers, workers and consumers are plunging into the second round of restrictions better prepared in some ways than they were...