Tag: Unemployment
Providence metro unemployment declines to 4.8% in Jan.
PROVIENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 4.8 percent in January, a 0.5 percentage-point decline year over year, according to the...
R.I. unemployment highest in N.E. in Jan., despite 9.1% year-over-year drop
PROVIDENCE – The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 4 percent in January, level with the national unemployment rate and the highest...
Avg. unemployment rate in R.I. was 4.1% in 2018
PROVIDENCE – The average unemployment rate for 2018 in Rhode Island was 4.1 percent, a 0.3 percentage point decline from 2017, according to the...
One-size layoff doesn’t fit all
The proposed merger between SunTrust and BB&T makes sense for both firms – which is why Wall Street sent both stocks higher on Feb....
Providence metro unemployment rate in Dec. declines to 3.7%
PROVIDENCE – The nonseasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 3.7 percent in December, a 0.4 percentage-point decline year over...
R.I. ends 2018 with 3.9% unemployment
PROVIDENCE – The seasonally adjusted Rhode Island unemployment rate ticked up month to month for the first time since January 2018 according to the...
Providence metro unemployment declines to 3.6% in Nov.
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.5 percentage points year over year to 3.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted, in November,...
R.I. Nov. unemployment rate remains level from Oct., down over year
PROVIDENCE – The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was 3.8 percent – the same as October – according to the R.I. Department of...
Steady jobs top higher paychecks
One of the anomalies of the current U.S. economy is that workers seem more satisfied with it than economists are. It comes down to...
U.S. jobless claims fall to 12-week low amid tight labor market
NEW YORK - United States filings for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest since September, returning to hover near an almost five-decade...