Tag: Unemployment
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...
U.S. applications for jobless benefits fall despite uncertainty over Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week despite heightened uncertainty about how President Donald Trump's tariffs will...
R.I. has highest Feb. unemployment rate in New England
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's 4.7% unemployment rate for February is the highest in New England and well above the national rate of 4.1%, according...
R.I. monthly unemployment climbs to 4.7% in February
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February was 4.7%, up from 4.6% in January, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
Lardaro: January troubling for R.I.’s economy
PROVIDENCE – January was troubling for Rhode Island’s economy, University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro said Monday in his monthly Current Conditions...
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