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Heading into the crucial holiday shopping season, the U.S. economy is growing modestly, with consumers too wary about unemployment and their finances to invigorate the recovery. That's the picture that emerged Tuesday from reports on the economy and the...
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The jobless rate in Greenwich held steady at 6.4 percent, the highest level on record, for a second consecutive month in October, according to the latest labor data from the state Department of Labor. In October, 1,966 town residents were unemployed and...
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That number rose from September's unemployment rate of 15.7 percent. Unemployment reached its highest level this year in Merced County at 20.2 percent in March. National and state unemployment numbers also increased in October according the Bureau of...
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The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent in October, breaching the politically sensitive double-digit barrier for the first time in 26-1/2 years, even though the pace of job losses slowed. A Labor Department report showed on Friday...
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Ohio's unemployment rate fell to 10.1 percent in September, a big drop from 10.8 percent the month before, the state said this morning. Normally, this would be a positive sign, but this time the decline is largely because people are giving up on finding...
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Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 263,000 in September, with construction employment dropping by 64,000, manufacturing by 51,000 and government employment by 53,000, much of it in local government. Health care, by contrast, continued to create...
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The Foreign Ministry said Thursday it has unified three consular service windows to provide more convenience to Japanese citizens and foreigners living in Japan. Before the launch of the ‘‘Center for Consular Services’’ on Thursday, services related to...
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The jobless rate was 10.8% in August, down from 11.2% in July, according to data released this morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. But don't get too excited about the numbers. “A decrease in Ohio's labor force was a primary factor...
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But experts cautioned that the region's average 12 percent unemployment rate -- and Florida's nearly unchanged 10.7 percent rate -- do not signal a rebound. "The numbers are consistent with signs that the overall economy is stabilizing statistically,...
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The Houston-area jobless rate remained at 8.4 percent for August, the Texas Workforce Commission reported today. Statewide, the unemployment rate inched up to 8 percent in August compared to July ‘s rate of 7.9 percent, according to the commission. While...