Economy
Evers outlines plan for phased reopening of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers today unveiled “Badger Bounce Back,” a plan outlining criteria for the state to begin a phased reopening.
Four weeks of Wisconsin unemployment claims worse than any previous 12-week stretch
The total number of initial unemployment claims filed in Wisconsin during the last four weeks is greater than any 12-week period in data that goes back to 1987.
MMAC president urges phased restart of state’s economy
Wisconsin needs to engage in a "smart restart of its economy" involving a phased re-opening of businesses based on regional and statewide health data and trends, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce president Tim Sheehy said today.
Wisconsin unemployment claims dropped last week, but there’s little room to celebrate
Any other week, the 104,776 initial unemployment claims filed in Wisconsin last week would have been a record number.
Wages and exports were growing in Wisconsin before coronavirus hit
Heading into 2020, Wisconsin economy was on relatively solid footing. The state saw minimal job growth in 2019, but unemployment remained low and wages were generally trending upward.
Last two weeks of unemployment claims nearly equal worst 6-week period in 2009
The number of initial unemployment claims filed in Wisconsin last week more than doubled from the previous week when the state set a record with 51,031 initial claims.
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Marquette-ISM business outlook plummets in March
The number of respondents expecting business conditions to get worse during the next six months nearly doubled in the latest Marquette-ISM Report on Manufacturing.
Wisconsin initial unemployment claims up 67% last week
More than 115,000 initial unemployment claims were filed last week in Wisconsin, according to initial count data from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
Wisconsin set a record for unemployment claims last week, and may have already broken it
Nearly 51,000 initial unemployment claims were filed in Wisconsin last week, a figure that is lower than preliminary count data previously released by the state but still an unprecedented week of job loss.
The coronavirus
On March 9, Wisconsin Department of Health Services officials said there was only one confirmed case of the COVID-19...
