{"id":2118,"date":"2020-12-18T14:16:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T21:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2020-12-21T14:51:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T21:51:58","slug":"arizonas-unemployment-rate-7-8-in-november-improve-work-allowance-to-reward-work-for-90000-and-gain-500-million-in-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/news\/arizonas-unemployment-rate-7-8-in-november-improve-work-allowance-to-reward-work-for-90000-and-gain-500-million-in-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona&#8217;s Unemployment Rate 7.8% in November&#8211;Improve Work Allowance to reward work for 90,000 and gain $500 million in economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Since $300 weekly federal unemployment supplements ended in September, Arizona\u2019s unemployment rate has jumped from 6.5% in September to 7.9% in October and 7.8% in November, suggesting that Arizona\u2019s economic performance is being dragged down by its poor state unemployment compensation system.<\/li>\n<li>60,000 Arizonans who have seen their weekly hours reduced by about 12 hours are NOT receiving partial unemployment assistance but would in other states.\u00a0 This is critical as Congress has reauthorized supplements for 11 weeks through mid-March 2021.\n<ul>\n<li>Increasing Arizona\u2019s weekly allowed income before losing benefits from zero (for these workers currently) to $160 would have a significant economic impact.<\/li>\n<li>Using a fiscal multiplier of 1.7, Arizona\u2019s economy could gain $360 million in economic growth through newly qualifying individuals receiving $300 weekly supplements under the latest COVD relief bill soon to be voted on in Congress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Another 30,000 Arizonans currently receiving unemployment insurance while working limited part-time hours would see on average a $67 weekly boost in assistance received<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since $300 weekly federal unemployment supplements ended in September, Arizona\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/news\/arizonas-unemployment-rate-7-8-in-november-improve-work-allowance-to-reward-work-for-90000-and-gain-500-million-in-economic-growth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,49,5,14,12,20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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