Tag: R.I. unemployment
DLT: R.I.-based jobs fall by 2,400 in June; unemployment still dips...
CRANSTON – Rhode Island-based jobs fell by 2,400 between May and June – the largest monthly decline since April 2023 – but the state's...
Lardaro: R.I.’s March economy the worst since the Great Recession
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's March economic performance was its worst since the Great Recession in 2008, University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard...
R.I. monthly unemployment climbs to 4.8% in March
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 4.8%, up from 4.7% in February, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 4.6% in January
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January was 4.6%, up from the revised 4.5% rate in December, the R.I. Department of...
Sept. unemployment dips to 2.6%, R.I. jobs up 1,400
CRANSTON – Rhode Island businesses added 1,400 jobs in September as the state’s unemployment dropped slightly from the previous month to 2.6% to stay...
R.I.’s August unemployment rate second highest in New England
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the second-highest unemployment rate in New England in August at 2.7% but remained below the national rate of 3.8%,...
Lardaro: Recession effects still muted
PROVIDENCE – Federal funding and budget surpluses continue to limit the effects of Rhode Island's "statistical" recession but the state's economic momentum remains stalled,...
R.I. unemployment slips to 2.7% in August
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in August was 2.7%, one-tenth of a percentage point less than July, the R.I. Department of Labor...
R.I. unemployment falls to 2.8% in July
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in July was 2.8%, one-tenth of a percentage point less than June, the R.I. Department of Labor...
RIPEC, Bryant report: R.I. economic growth shows signs it stalled in...
PROVIDENCE – Mixed results in key economic indicators hint that the state’s economic growth stalled in the second, according to a report from the...
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