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U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS decreased by 12,000 to 209,000 last week. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/GABBY JONES

U.S. jobless claims hit four-week low, underscoring strength

Economic Activity 08/22/2019

WASHINGTON – Filings for United States unemployment benefits dropped to a four-week low, offering the latest sign of labor-market strength. Jobless claims decreased by 12,000...

THE AVERAGE WEEKLY wage in Rhode Island increased 1.8% year over year through the end of the first quarter, the slowest rate in New England. Employment in the state increased 0.8% in that time, the third-lowest rate in the region. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

BLS: Avg. weekly wage in R.I. increases 1.8% Y/Y in Q1

Personnel 08/21/2019

PROVIDENCE – The average weekly wage in Rhode Island increased 1.8% year over year through the end of the first quarter of 2019 to...

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT In Rhode Island increased 5.2% year over year in July, the fastest rate of increase in New England./ PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. construction employment growth highest in New England in July

Capital Goods 08/16/2019

PROVIDENCE – The year-over-year construction employment growth rate in Rhode Island in July was the 15th-highest in the nation, according to the Associated General...

RHODE ISLAND had the second-highest unemployment rate in New England, despite a nearly half-percentage point decline year over year. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/TIM BOYLE

R.I. still has second highest unemployment rate in N.E.

Economic Activity 08/16/2019

PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island in July was the second highest in New England, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...

R.I. UNEMPLOYMENT declined 0.4 percentage points year over year to 3.5%. The number of Rhode Island-based jobs increased in that time, but the number of employed Rhode Islanders declined. The labor force also shrank by 2,500 people year over year.

As R.I. unemployment declines and jobs grow, labor force shrinks

Economic Activity 08/15/2019

PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island declined 0.4 percentage points year over year to 3.5% in July, according to the R.I. Department...

Does IGT controversy miss the point?

Hot Topic 08/09/2019

The unfolding story over the no-bid contract extension with International Game Technology PLC for supplying technology and services to the state’s lottery system has...

UNITED STATES payrolls rose by 164,000 in July. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/LUKE SHARRETT

U.S. jobs report July 2019: 164,000 added, wages picked up

Economic Activity 08/02/2019

WASHINGTON – United States employers kept adding workers at a healthy pace in July and wage gains picked up, underlining a solid labor market...

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT in the Providence metro area increased 1% year over year to 25,800 jobs in June. Above, Journeyman glazer Michael Bennacchia of Chandler Architects works on the interior window frame during renovation of the Empire Street wing of the Providence Public Library. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Construction employment in Providence metro grows in June

Economic Activity 07/31/2019

PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 1% year over year to 25,800 jobs in June, according to the Associated...

THE RHODE ISLAND unemployment rate declined 0.4 percentage points year over year in June to 3.6%. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

R.I. unemployment lowers to 3.6% in June

Personnel 07/18/2019

PROVIDENCE – Unemployment for Rhode Islanders declined 0.4 percentage points year over year to 3.6% in June, according to the R.I. Department of Labor...