Tag: labor force
Providence metro unemployment declines to 3.8% in June
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 3.8 percent in June, a 0.5 percentage point drop from 4.3 percent in June...
Job, economy growth in R.I. are good signs
Two recent economic reports would seem to indicate that Rhode Island is moving in a positive direction.
The state’s monthly jobs report for June said...
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...
Opinion: Emotions and economics explain stagnant wages
NEW YORK – The labor market appears to be quite strong, judging by June’s unemployment figures. The rate ticked up in June to 4...
Providence metro unemployment 3.9% in May
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 3.9 percent in May, not seasonally adjusted, a 0.2 percentage point decline...
BLS: Providence metro unemployment 4.8% in March
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.2 percentage points year over year in March to 4.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted,...
Providence metro unemployment ticks down, payrolls up in Feb.
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.1 percentage points year over year, not seasonally adjusted, to 5.3 percent in February,...
Mixed messages through Raimondo’s term
Now in her fourth year as the state’s chief executive, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is looking at running for re-election. So it seems as...
Report: Providence metro labor force ticks up in January
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area saw an upswing in labor force and a downswing of individuals in the unemployment line year over...
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...
