UCLA faculty experts advisory: 9.4% unemployment rate highest since 1983
The U.S. Department of Labor announced June 5 that the national unemployment rate rose to 9.4 percent in May, up from 8.9 percent in April. Some 14.5 million people are currently out of work. UCLA has experts.
Chris Tilly, director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, is an expert on labor markets and the relationship between public policies and the creation of jobs.
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Media contact:
Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Edward Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, comments regularly on the local, national and international economies.
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Media contacts:
Allison Holmes | 310-206-7707 | allison.holmes@anderson.ucla.edu
Susanna Park | 310-206-7707 | susanna.park@anderson.ucla.edu
Jerry Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, is an expert on the national and
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Media contact:
Allison Holmes | 310-206-7707 | allison.holmes@anderson.ucla.edu
Susanna Park 310-206-7707 | susanna.park@anderson.ucla.edu