The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose after hitting its lowest level in nearly three years a week earlier, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday. View full post on All Stories
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U.S. jobless claims rise by 26,000
Posted by davidguide on March 11th, 2011
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Comments OffJob ads rise in February signals growth in Australian economy -ANZ
Posted by davidguide on March 7th, 2011
The ANZ Job Advertisements Series, which shows the total number of jobs advertised in major metropolitan newspapers and on the internet, rose by 1.2 per cent in February to an average of 193,555 advertisements per week. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Lending News Tags: advertisements, ANZ, australian economy, cent, economy, February, job, Jobs, metropolitan newspapers, number, post, series, signals, Stories, View Comments OffU.S. jobless claims drop below 375,000
Posted by davidguide on March 4th, 2011
The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week plunged below 375,000, a threshold to signal a sustained drop in the unemployment rate, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Lending News Tags: aid, applying for unemployment, department, drop, jobless claims drop, labor department, number, post, rate, Stories, threshold, Thursday, unemployment, unemployment rate, View Comments OffImmigrants departing South Carolina
Posted by davidguide on February 2nd, 2011
The number of illegal immigrants in South Carolina has dropped significantly in recent years as undocumented workers deterred by the state’s poor economy go elsewhere for work. While the national total has dropped only slightly since 2007 – from 12 million to 11.2 million, or 6.7 percent – South Carolina’s share of illegal immigrants has [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: economy, illegal immigration, immigrants, North Carolina, number, number of illegal immigrants, percent, period, poor economy, population, post, South Carolina, state, total, undocumented workers, View, work Comments OffFlagler economy a mixed bag
Posted by davidguide on January 30th, 2011
Economics is about numbers. Gross domestic product, average wages, import and export figures. You name it, economists have a number for it. But in Flagler County, only one number really matters: 15.7 percent. That’s the unemployment rate in the county and as of December, it puts Flagler at the top of the list, tied with [...]
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Posted by davidguide on January 29th, 2011
A record number of students completed degree or certificate programs at Illinois community colleges in the 2010 fiscal year. A report released Friday by the Illinois Community College Board also finds that a record number of credit hours were taken by students during the same period. The number of completions in degree and certificate programs [...]
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Posted by davidguide on January 28th, 2011
The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose by 51,000 from the previous week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. View full post on All Stories
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Posted by davidguide on January 21st, 2011
By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer Friday, January 21, 2011 Florida’s unemployment rate remained stagnant at 12 percent in December, but the labor pool lost an estimated 17,900 jobs from November, state officials reported this morning. In a positive note, Florida continued a six-month streak of adding jobs compared to a year ago. The number [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: florida unemployment, frequent updates, jeff harrington, Jobs, Labor, labor pool, morning, number, percent, post, staff, state, state officials, Times, times staff writer, unemployment, unemployment rate, View Comments OffIllinois Sees Food Stamp Surge: Record Levels In December
Posted by davidguide on January 15th, 2011
Even as the economy grew and the unemployment rate began to shrink, the number of Illinois households getting food stamps hit record levels in December,… View full post on All Stories
Posted in Lending News Tags: economy, Food, food stamp, food stamps, getting food, illinois households, Levels, number, post, rate, stamp, Surge, unemployment, unemployment rate, View Comments OffPortland November unemployment stagnant
Posted by davidguide on December 21st, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore. — So far the Portland unemployment rate has not been helped by the holidays. Economist Amy Vander Vliet with the Oregon Employment Department said the Portland metro area’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.7 percent in November, compared with 10.4 percent in October. Officials were scheduled to release Oregon’s latest unemployment figures on [...]
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