Category Archives: General

More than a million more Americans lost their jobs last week, and we’re celebrating these numbers as good news? Because initial claims fell? The US is still losing jobs at an alarming pace, NJ still losing jobs at an alarming … Continue reading →

From NBC News: N.J. sees spike in COVID-19 cases as residents slack off on masks and social distancing Alarm bells went off in New Jersey on Monday as a state that appeared to have successfully flattened the coronavirus curve saw the number … Continue reading →

From NJB Magazine: NJ Unemployment Claims Rise 8.8% Amid Broader Implications Unemployment continues to mount in the Garden State, with 28,063 new claims filed for the week ending July 25, marking an 8.8% increase when compared to the week prior … Continue reading →

From NJ Spotlight: Senate Moves to Let Towns Go Deeper in Debt to Weather Pandemic Crisis New Jersey’s local governments could borrow money to help offset revenue losses during the coronavirus pandemic under a bill that’s progressing despite concerns among … Continue reading →

Five Months In! From the Press of Atlantic City: NJ unemployment claims fall, as $600 federal weekly supplement about to end The number of new unemployment claims in New Jersey declined for the second straight week, the state said Thursday, … Continue reading →

From the Philly Inquirer: Pa., N.J. workers set to lose the extra $600 in unemployment benefits this week With no end in sight to the pandemic, Washington lawmakers are at odds over how to give more financial help to Americans. … Continue reading →

From Forbes: COVID-19 Job Losses Have Been The Steepest In High-Tax States The state jobs report for June was issued Friday morning with all states and the District of Columbia showing nonfarm payroll increases as the nation continues to recover … Continue reading →

From NJ.com: N.J. can ‘go after’ travelers who violate coronavirus quarantine, Murphy says New Jersey, unlike New York, isn’t threatening fines if travelers from states considered coronavirus hotspots don’t comply with a tri-state advisory to quarantine for 14 days. So what’s to stop … Continue reading →

From Marketwatch: Home prices could fall in major cities as Americans sour on urban living, says Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller The coronavirus pandemic has many Americans heading for the hills — or the suburbs, as it were. And home … Continue reading →

From Curbed: No, Manhattan Home Prices Are Not Plummeting For anyone shopping in Manhattan, the opportunity for a discount seemingly presented itself last week: A Douglas Elliman report revealed that the median price for Manhattan home sales in the second quarter of … Continue reading →

From CBS News: Hoboken Mayor Confirms Highest 2-Day Total Of New COVID-19 Cases Since Mid-May While coronavirus numbers have been trending down in the tri-state area, there’s concern about a recent spike in some places, especially as crowds gather to … Continue reading →

From Bloomberg: Manhattan Home Sales Fall Most on Record in Locked-Down Quarter Manhattan home sales plunged the most on record in the second quarter, while New York was shut down to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Purchases of co-ops and … Continue reading →

From CNBC: Pending home sales spike a record 44.3% in May, as homebuyers rush back into the market Pending home sales spiked a stunning 44.3% in May compared with April, according to the National Association of Realtors. That is the … Continue reading →

Four months since we started this discussion… From CNBC: New Jersey governor: ‘I believe we will be back in school’ this fall with coronavirus protocols New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy told CNBC on Friday he thinks K-12 schools in the … Continue reading →