THE UNADJUSTED unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area was 2.6% in April, a decrease from 3.9% one month prior and down from 3.1% in April 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. / PBN FILE PHOTO
PROVIDENCE – The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area was 2.6% in April, a decrease from 3.9% one month ago and down from 3.1% in April 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday. Unadjusted for seasonal employment patterns, the U.S. jobless rate in April was 3.1%, down from 3.3% a year earlier.…