Tag: nonfarm employment
R.I. unemployment rate drops to 7% in October
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island in October was 7%, down from 10.5% in September but still double what it was one...
U.S. hiring slows for 3rd month but jobless rate falls to...
WASHINGTON (AP) – America’s employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report...
R.I. unemployment dips to 16.3% in May
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's May unemployment rate was 16.3%, a decline from a revised 18.1% in April but still much higher than the 3.6%...
Providence metro area unemployment rate ticks down to 3.1% in Nov.
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.6 percentage points year over year to 3.1% in November, according to...
R.I. unemployment declines to 3.5% in Nov.
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 3.5% in November, a 0.5 percentage point decline year over year, the R.I. Department of...
Providence metro unemployment declines to 2.9% in Oct.
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 2.9% in October, seasonally adjusted, a decline from 3.4% one year prior,...
As R.I. unemployment declines and jobs grow, labor force shrinks
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island declined 0.4 percentage points year over year to 3.5% in July, according to the R.I. Department...
Providence metro unemployment rate drops to 3.4% in June
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area unemployment rate declined 0.4 percentage points to 3.4% in June, not seasonally adjusted, according to the Bureau...
R.I. Nov. unemployment rate remains level from Oct., down over year
PROVIDENCE – The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was 3.8 percent – the same as October – according to the R.I. Department of...
Unemployment in Providence metro falls 0.5 percentage points in Sept.
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in both the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area and in Rhode Island declined 0.5 percentage points year over year to 3.5 percent...
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