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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT ROSE BY 61,000 jobs year over year, including work such as is happening here, where workers finish construction on the gaming floor of the Resorts World Catskills casino, hotel and entertainment complex, operated by Empire Resorts Inc. in Monticello, N.Y., in January. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/VICTOR J. BLUE

U.S. added 313,000 jobs in February; wage gains slow to 2.6%

Economy 03/09/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added the most workers since mid-2016 as labor-force participation swelled, while below-forecast wages and a downward revision to January’s figure suggest...

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT FELL 8 percent in the Providence-Fall River-Warwick metropolitan area from April 2012 to April 2013. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SIMON DAWSON

U.S. adds 200,000 jobs; wages rise by most since recession

Economy 02/02/2018

WASHINGTON – U.S. hiring picked up in January, and wages rose at the fastest annual pace since the recession ended, as the economy’s steady move...

THE RHODE ISLAND UNEMPLOYMENT rate was the second highest in New England in December. / COURTESY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

BLS: R.I. Dec. unemployment rate 2nd highest in N.E.

Economic Activity 01/24/2018

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island unemployment rate was the second highest in New England in December at 4.4 percent, according to Bureau of Labor...

IN OCTOBER IN THE PROVIDENCE metropolitan area, unemployment declined year over year, while nonfarm payrolls and the civilian labor force also increased.

Oct. unemployment in Providence metro falls as labor force grows marginally

Economic Activity 11/30/2017

PROVIDENCE – Employment on nonfarm payrolls in the Providence metropolitan area in October increased 0.5 percent year over year – not seasonally adjusted -...

UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE Providence metropolitan area declined 0.9 percentage points year over year to 3.8 percent in September, not seasonally adjusted. / COURTESY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Report: Providence metro unemployment declines in Sept.

Economic Activity 11/01/2017

PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, in the Providence metropolitan area in September was 3.8 percent, a decline of 0.9 percentage points...

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO has named Daniel P. McConaghy chairman of the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education and William Foulkes chairman of the Council on Post-Secondary Education. / PBN PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY

Do you think Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is doing a good...

Economy 10/29/2017

With nearly a year to go before the next election for governor, the contenders in the race are coming to the fore. Republicans House...

RHODE ISLAND'S 1.1 percentage point decline in its unemployment rate from September 2016 to September 2017 was the third-largest among the states.

R.I. among national leaders in year-over-year jobless rate change

Economy 10/20/2017

WASHINGTON – Rhode Island had the third-largest year-over-year decline in its unemployment rate in the nation (and the largest in New England) in September,...

UNEMPLOYMENT IN the Providence metro area declined 0.9 percentage points to 4.3 percent on a non-seasonally adjusted, year-over-year basis. / COURTESY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Report: Providence metro unemployment 4.3% in August

Economic Activity 09/27/2017

PROVIDENCE – Unemployment, not seasonally adjusted, in the Providence metropolitan area decreased 0.9 percentage points year over year to 4.3 percent in August, according...