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"The COVID-19 pandemic and related economic restrictions created a series of unique economic conditions: rapid fluctuations in unemployment and GDP, sky-high inflation rates, the acceleration of ..."

"Telehealth, in the BROADEST sense, became part of the healthcare industry as early as the late 19th century thanks to the invention and adoption of the telephone. In 2023, the internet has ..."

"New Jersey’s unemployment rate reached its lowest level on record in August 2022 (3.0%). In the months since, that rate has steadily climbed, taking the Garden State from the national average to ..."

"Although the 3.9% statewide unemployment rate in New Jersey sits roughly where it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment in the Garden State has steadily increased over the past 12 months. ..."

"During the pandemic, women in New Jersey were more likely to be unemployed than male workers in the state. Three years later that is no longer the case. Prior to the onset of the pandemic in early ..."

"August 15, 2023 Focus NJ released its 2023 Mid-Year Review Tuesday reporting that unemployment in New Jersey remains near historic lows, the labor force participation rate now exceeds levels ..."

"Like much of the Northeast, New Jersey followed a strong 2022 with a slow economic start in 2023. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by an annualized rate of just 1% in Q1 of 2023, according to ..."

"A Focus NJ analysis of data from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey highlights how educational achievement and continuing education affect the lives and wages of New Jersey’s ..."

"In many ways, 2021 was a year marked for its return to stability following the ups and downs of 2020. Unfortunately, that stability waned in 2022 as a new sense of economic uncertainty had many ..."

"For many American workers, remote work was born out of necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three years later, remote work remains a fixture for some, but the landscape has shifted in important ..."