Tag: Unemployment
U.S. employers add a solid 199K jobs and unemployment falls, signaling...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation's employers added a solid 199,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell, fresh signs that the economy could...
‘She-cession’ over but gains in jeopardy
The troubling national exodus of women from the workforce in 2020 and 2021 has ended, at least in Rhode Island. That is certainly good...
U.S. job openings fall to lowest level since March 2021 as...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, the fewest since March 2021, in a sign that hiring is cooling...
Do you agree with growing sentiment that the U.S. may avoid...
The general sentiment among economists over the past year was that it was a near certainty that the U.S. would fall into a recession...
Citizens: R.I.’s Business Conditions Index up 6.8% in Q3
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s business environment is on the rebound, according to new analysis by Citizens Financial Group Inc. released on Monday.
A strong labor...
U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 336K jobs in September in...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation's employers added 336,000 jobs in September, an unexpectedly robust gain that suggests that many companies remain confident enough to...
U.S. applications for jobless benefits inch up as layoffs remain historically...
Slightly more Americans applied for jobless claims last week, but layoffs remain low and the labor market continues to show resiliency amid elevated interest...
Unemployment in Providence-Warwick area falls to 3.2% in August
PROVIDENCE – The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area was 3.2% in August, an increase from 2.6% one month ago but still...
Why the U.S. job market has defied rising interest rates and...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Last year's spike in inflation, to the highest level in four decades, was painful enough for American households. Yet the cure – much...
R.I. unemployment slips to 2.7% in August
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in August was 2.7%, one-tenth of a percentage point less than July, the R.I. Department of Labor...
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