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RHODE ISLAND has the highest April unemployment in New England, tied with Connecticut at 4.5 percent. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/LUKE SHARRETT

BLS: R.I. tied with Conn. for highest April unemployment in N.E.

Economic Activity 05/18/2018

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island tied with Connecticut for the highest unemployment rate in New England at 4.5 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of...

PROVIDENCE METRO UNEMPLOYMENT ticked down in February, as the civilian labor force grew and the number of unemployed declined slightly. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/TIM BOYLE

Providence metro unemployment ticks down, payrolls up in Feb.

Economic Activity 04/04/2018

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,...

RHODE ISLAND HAD THE highest unemployment rate in New England in January, along with Connecticut.

R.I. had 2nd highest unemployment in N.E. in Nov.

Economic Activity 12/22/2017

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the second highest November seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in New England, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau...

UNEMPLOYMENT IN RHODE ISLAND declined 1 percentage point, to 4.3 percent, year over year seasonally adjusted in August.

BLS: R.I. seasonally adjusted August unemployment falls fastest in N.E.

Economic Activity 10/05/2017

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in August declined 1 percentage point year over year to 4.3 percent, according to a Bureau of...

RHODE ISLAND'S JULY UNEMPLOYMENT rate decline of 1.1 percentage points year over year was a larger rate decline than any other New England state. / COURTESY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

R.I. July unemployment fell faster than any other New England state

Economic Activity 08/18/2017

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ‘s seasonally adjusted unemployment decreased the fourth-most percentage points in the nation year over year, according to a Friday release...

UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE Providence metro area decreased 0.7 percentage points year over year. / COURTESY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Providence metro unemployment rate drops most in N.E. in June

Personnel 08/02/2017

PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in the Providence metropolitan area decreased 0.7 percentage points year over year to 4.3 percent, according to non-seasonally-adjusted labor...

JOBLESS RATES were lower in March than a year earlier in 18 states and stable in 32 states and the District of Columbia, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

R.I. posts fourth largest unemployment rate decrease in March

Economic Activity 04/21/2017

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...