Tag: jobless rate
R.I. joblessness falls to 3.9% in Feb.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February fell to 3.9 percent, a 0.4 percentage-point decline year over year, according to the...
R.I. unemployment highest in N.E. in Jan., despite 9.1% year-over-year drop
PROVIDENCE – The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 4 percent in January, level with the national unemployment rate and the highest...
Unemployment rate declines at fastest pace in N.E. in Oct., remains...
PROVIDENCE – The 0.7 percentage point year-over-year decline in Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was the largest among New England states, falling to...
Has your company added employees in the last three-and-a-half years?
Since Gov. Gina M. Raimondo took office in January 2015, the unemployment rate in Rhode Island has gone from 6.6 percent to 4 percent...
R.I. has 2nd-highest N.E. joblessness in Aug., but largest Y/Y decline
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted 4 percent unemployment rate in August was the second highest in New England, ahead of Connecticut’s 4.3 percent, according...
R.I. June unemployment rate 2nd highest in N.E.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the second highest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in New England at 4.3 percent, ahead of only Connecticut at 4.4...
Economic progress, backsliding and confusion coexist in R.I.
While the numbers don’t lie, it would seem they often don’t tell a very clear story, either. So it is with a snapshot of...
No budge in R.I. unemployment rate
PROVIDENCE – For a third consecutive month in February, Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held at 4.5 percent, per a report released by...
R.I., Conn. have highest jobless rates in N.E. in Jan.
PROVIDENCE – At 4.5 percent, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in Rhode Island and Connecticut in January were the two worst performers in the...
U.S. added 313,000 jobs in February; wage gains slow to 2.6%
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added the most workers since mid-2016 as labor-force participation swelled, while below-forecast wages and a downward revision to January’s figure suggest...
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