Tag: Unemployment
Fed minutes: Most officials supported further rate cuts as worries about...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Most members of the Federal Reserve's interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, according to...
R.I. monthly unemployment drops to 4.6% in August
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in August was 4.6%, down from 4.8% in July, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
Retail sales up 0.6% in August from July even as tariffs...
NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school shopping, even as President Donald...
Consumer confidence dips with jobs, tariffs and high prices driving most...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans’ view of the U.S. economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight...
U.S. employers added just 73K jobs last month as labor market...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs last month and Labor Department revisions showed that hiring was much weaker than previously reported...
R.I., Mass. June 4.8% jobless rates highest in New England
PROVIDENCE – The 4.8% June unemployment rates in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are the highest in New England and above the national rate of...
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...
U.S. job openings in May hit 7.8M in a continuing display...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in May, a sign that the American labor market remains resilient in the face of high...
R.I. monthly unemployment remains at 4.9% in May
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May was 4.9%, same as April, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Friday.
The...
Hiring in the U.S. slows, yet employers added a solid 139K
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump's trade wars.
Hiring fell...
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