Tag: Unemployment
U.S. jobless claims declined to fresh post-1969 low last week
NEW YORK - United States filings for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest in almost five decades, indicating a tight job market, Labor...
BLS: Providence metro July unemployment drops to 4.2%
PROVIDENCE – The non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 4.2 percent in July, a 0.5 percentage point decline year...
R.I. July unemployment rate second highest in N.E.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s 4.1 percent unemployment rate in July was the second highest in New England, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Unemployment ticks down, job gains continue for R.I. in July
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in July, two-tenths of a percentage point lower than the unemployment rate...
Providence metro unemployment declines to 3.8% in June
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 3.8 percent in June, a 0.5 percentage point drop from 4.3 percent in June...
R.I. June unemployment rate 2nd highest in N.E.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the second highest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in New England at 4.3 percent, ahead of only Connecticut at 4.4...
R.I.’s 4.3% June unemployment rate mirrors figures last seen in 2001
PROVIDENCE – Falling 0.1 percentage points, the Rhode Island seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in June according to a report from the...
U.S. jobless claims dropped last week to lowest level since 1969
NEW YORK - Unemployment lines across the United States last week were the shortest since December 1969, according to a Labor Department report Thursday that...
Report: R.I. ranks No. 22 for fiscal, social independence in nation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 22 for independence on WalletHub's 2018's Most & Least Independent States.
To arrive at the rankings, a WalletHub data...
Employers calling all workers
As American society increasingly self-sorts itself into political tribes, there’s a growing and noteworthy exception to that trend: the labor market. A rising share...
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