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Despite wellbeing concerns, US adults are happier

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UNITED STATES

Biles provided a high-profile but not uncommon example of the deterioration of individual wellbeing in the United States. Many public health indicators were pointing in that…

Pandemic deepens long-term risks to US women workers

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UNITED STATES

Women, especially those from minorities, are more likely to have dropped out of the labour force or moved to part-time or precarious employment. Jobs recovery has also been slower…

Prospects for US politics to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

The election comes as the country grapples with COVID-19 and its severe economic fallout, and race and justice-based protests in many urban centres.

Canada’s NDP will decide fate of Trudeau government

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CANADA

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had prorogued parliament. The throne speech requires a vote of confidence in the government. If the government loses, a snap election can follow…

US COVID-19 labour strike wave will grow

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UNITED STATES

Congress has passed three COVID-19 relief packages, which include payroll support for shuttered businesses to retain employees. Congress now eyes a fourth package to expand…

Rising US joblessness and social discord threaten GDP

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UNITED STATES

Rates of disability fell from 2010 to early 2020 and rates of drug overdoses began to stabilise as the persistently unemployed were drawn back into employment, particularly…

Women’s US political influence will grow

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UNITED STATES

Six women ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumed nominee, has committed to a female running mate for November’s…

COVID-19 and protests will shake up US cities

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UNITED STATES

These factors are stoking the urban civil unrest that has flared across the country in the last fortnight. What had seemed a practical matter of managing COVID-19 and…

Millions more US jobs can be added before rates rise

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UNITED STATES

March figures continued the 2% growth trend, keeping the unemployment rate close to its lowest level in more than 50 years. The median length of time an individual is unemployed…