Tag: Nonfarm payrolls
R.I. unemployment drops to 3.4%, 400 nonfarm jobs gained
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s economic recovery continued in March with the monthly unemployment rate dropping half a percentage point to 3.4%, the R.I. Department...
R.I. unemployment dips to 4.2% in Jan.; 1,300 jobs lost
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s uneven economic recovery continued in January, with the monthly unemployment rate dipping three-tenths of a percentage point to 4.2%, according...
Providence metro unemployment rate hits 18.2% in April
PROVIDENCE – The nonseasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area in April was 18.2%, an increase from 3.3% one year prior,...
R.I. unemployment dips to 3.4%
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 3.4% in January, a decline from 3.7% one year prior, R.I. Department of Labor and...
U.S. added robust 273K jobs in Feb. before virus escalated
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hiring jumped in February as employers added 273,000 jobs, evidence that the economy was in strong shape before the coronavirus began...
R.I.’s unemployment rate remains 2nd highest in N.E. in Dec.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the second-highest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in New England in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday.
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U.S. jobs trail forecasts; wages rise least since mid-2018
WASHINGTON – The United States labor market ended the year with less momentum, as payroll gains cooled by more than forecast and wages rose...
R.I. still has second highest unemployment rate in N.E.
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island in July was the second highest in New England, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
U.S. payroll gains plunge to 20,000 as wages top estimates
NEW YORK - United States hiring was the weakest in more than a year while wage gains were the fastest of the expansion and...
U.S. payrolls rise 304,000 while wage gains cool amid shutdown
NEW YORK - United States hiring in January topped all forecasts while wage gains cooled and the government shutdown pushed up the unemployment rate, signaling...
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