leading many employers to make the tough decision to lay off and furlough talent as a result,” said Dan Davenport, president and general manager of Randstad RiseSmart. “While it is a positive sign that the unemployment rate is starting to decrease, we are still in the midst...
Florida Economic Indicators for December 2020 include: Unemployment rate is 6.1 percent. (November’s unemployment rate has been revised down to 6.3 percent, from the previously reported rate of 6.4 percent). Florida businesses gained 21,100 private-sector jobs over the month. La...
In May, employers added 2.5 million jobs, and the nation’s unemployment rate fell from 14.7 percent to 13.3 percent. But experts warn that the economy and job market may struggle to sustain their recent gains amid the surge in new viral infections in southern and western states, which could...
Including people the government said had been erroneously categorized as employed in the May jobs report and those who lost jobs but didn’t look for new ones, 32.5 million people are out of work, economists estimate. That would have raised May’s unemployment rate to 19.7%. Thursday’s ...
Ohio Unemployment Rate is at 4.40%, compared to 4.30% last month and 3.60% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 6.46%. ReportRegional and State Employment and Unemployment CategoriesEmployment ,Hours and Wages RegionOhio ...
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Are you interested in the unemployment rate in your state? Are you trying to see which states have the highest and lowest unemployment rates for October 2020? You’ve come to the right place. Each month, we publish the unemployment rate by state, using data released by the federal government...
Maine's unemployment rate was 4.8% for February, which was more than it was in February 2020, but less than the national rate of 6.2%. In other pandemic news in Maine: ___ THE NUMBERS Maine's daily cases of the coronavirus are continuing to rise. The state is slated to exp...
Or, who should be in charge for the sake of middle-class prosperity, Mr. Potter or George Bailey? Unemployment is a key economic indicator, as the rate is tied to whether companies are hiring or laying off workers. The whole point of unemployment benefits, after all, is economic insurance...
Such a huge flow of people in and out of work, and the uncertainty surrounding it, make it hard to track where the job market is headed, Daco said. The jobs report for May had suggested that the damage might have bottomed out. The unemployment rate declined from 14.7% to a still-high...