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SC unemployment rises to 12.1 percent for October
Columbia :: SC :: USA | 14 days ago
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The unemployment rate in South Carolina rose nearly half a percentage point in October, returning to a record level of 12.1 percent set earlier this year, the state agency that calculates the rate said Friday. The Employment Security Commission also said...
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Arizona unemployment rate rises to 9.3%
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility The state Department of Commerce reported on Thursday that total nonfarm employment rose by half a percent, with 13,200 jobs added in October. Six of the 11 major sectors had job gains, three showed losses and two were flat. The private sector added 11,400...
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Jobs scene looks up
Boston :: MA :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility Some said the drop could be a statistical aberration caused by complex and sometimes contradictory data compiled by government officials. “It’s still a very bad number,” warned Andre Mayer, research director for the Associated Industries of Massachusetts,...
Tags: Massachusetts, jobless rate, unemployment rate, rate fell, Boston, Macroeconomics, Recessions, Unemployment, Social Issues, Labor, Business Finance, Late-2000s recession, Labor economics, Current Population Survey
Black Males Hit Extra Hard By Unemployment
Richton Park :: IL :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility This "he-cession," as it's sometimes called, has hit African-American men especially hard, increasing their unemployment rate to more than 17 percent last month. One of those unemployed black men searching for work is Randolph Smith. When Smith, 53, is...
Tags: Randolph Smith, black men, unemployment rate, Chicago Urban League, Richton Park, Recessions, Macroeconomics, Labor economics, Unemployment, Labor
Georgia unemployment climbs to 10.2 percent
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility A year ago, that number was 6.9 percent, the state's labor department said. October marks the first time in two years that Georgia's unemployment rate has matched that of the national one. Otherwise, the number of people out of work in Georgia has been...
Tags: Georgia State University, Georgians, unemployment rate, job losses, Atlanta, Unemployment, Georgia, Recessions, Business cycle, Macroeconomics, Business Finance, Labor
Minorities Urge Obama to Act on Jobs
New York :: NY :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility When the unemployment rate hit a 26-year high of 10.2 percent in October, it captured national attention, but little has been said about the racial disparities among job seekers. The unemployment rate for blacks is a whopping 15.7 percent and 13.1 percent...
Tags: Obama, unemployment rate, job summit, creating job, New York, Late-2000s recession, Presidency of Barack Obama, Labor economics, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Social Issues, Labor
Clark County's unemployment rate hits 13.7 percent in October
Vancouver :: WA :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility There are an estimated 29,970 residents out of work with 319,984 jobless statewide. Washington's October unemployment rate moved higher to 9.3 percent.
Tags: unemployment rate, Local News Clark County, Vancouver, Business Finance, Labor economics, Unemployment, Labor
Jobless Tennesseans won't get as many extra benefits
Murfreesboro :: TN :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility Fourteen weeks is better than nothing," said Johnny Hayes, 57, a Nashvillian who has been out of work for a little more than a year and got his last unemployment check a few weeks ago. He has burned through savings and a small 401(k) account, and he...
Tags: unemployment rate, Congress, Murfreesboro, Unemployment benefits, Unemployment, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, Welfare economics, Labor economics, Employment law, Labor
Michigan jobless rate edges down to 15.1 percent
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility Michigan's unemployment rate dipped slightly to 15.1 percent in October...But it likely will still be the highest rate in the nation, depending on other state reports expected over the next few days. Michigan has had at least a share of the nation's highest...
Tags: Michigan, unemployment rate, jobless rate, Lansing, Employment, Socioeconomics, Types of unemployment, Labor economics, Macroeconomics, Unemployment, Labor, Business Finance, Labour economics, Oregon Employment Department, Current Population Survey, Labor force, Social Issues
Immigrant jobless rate soared during recession 8:08 AM CT
Dallas :: WI :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Immigrants had a lower unemployment rate than native-born workers during the last economic boom but the Great Recession reversed that trend, according to a study released Wednesday by the Migration Policy Institute, a...
Tags: born workers, unemployment rate, jobless rate, Pia Orrenius, Dallas, Unemployment, Illegal immigration to the United States, Late-2000s recession, Illegal immigration, Immigration, Business Finance, Recessions, Crimes, Economic disasters, Labor, Social Issues
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