Tag: jobless rate
Providence metro’s unemployment rate falls to 4.8% in March
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was among 336 metropolitan areas with unemployment rates lower in March than they were in March 2016,...
R.I. posts fourth largest unemployment rate decrease in March
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island recorded the fourth-largest year-over-year decrease in its unemployment rate among the 50 states in March, dropping 1.1 percentage points to 4.3...
Jobless claims in U.S. rise while benefit rolls at 17-year low
WASHINGTON - Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits rose last week while total benefit rolls dropped to the lowest in 17 years, indicating the job...
R.I.’s unemployment rate highest in New England in 2016
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the highest unemployment rate in New England last year at 5.3 percent, which was higher than the overall New...