The Technological Unemployment and Structural Unemployment Debates: (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)
Null Space (Free subscription) | yesterday
Spotted via the Transportationist ... but from a site Daring Fireball (don't ask me?) is an amazing if sad animated graphic worth taking a look at. It shows the month by month: Change in US Unemployment Rates by County . Play the animation and look closely at that PA-OH border near us. If the big picture depresses you... a small point but there was net employment growth locally in Pittsburgh last month...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The Texas economy threw off mixed signals in October, with expanding payrolls but a rising unemployment rate.Employers boosted payrolls by a preliminary count of 41,700 jobs last month – a significant piece of good economic news after a year of nearly uninterrupted monthly job losses.But the unemployment rate edged up to 8.3 percent from 8.2 percent in September, the Texas Workforce Commission...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The state has lost more than 300,000 jobs over the last year, and Waco economist Ray Perryman described the October report as a "pleasant surprise." He warned, though, that it's too early to say the positive number marks the beginning of sustained job growth.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Times Staff, Wire Reports MONTGOMERY - The unemployment rate in Alabama has risen to its highest rate in more than 25 years, while the rate in Etowah County dropped in October.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The state says Vermont's unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of one percent in October to 6.5 percent of the work force.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
California's unemployment rate rose to 12.5 percent in October to set another modern record, even though more than 25,000 Californians found jobs, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Florida's unemployment rate reached 11.2 percent in October, the highest level since June 1975, with about 1.03 million residents out of work, the state work force agency said Friday.
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
CARSON CITY (AP) - Nevada's unemployment rate leveled out a bit in October, at 13 percent.
The Demopolis Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alabama Department of Industrial Relations Director Tom Surtees announced today that Alabama’s October unemployment rate rose to 10.9 ...
montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Alabama's unemployment rate climbed to 10.9 percent in October, the highest the state has experienced in more than a quarter century, but the crest might not yet be here, according to one economist.
Sand Mountain Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Alabama’s October unemployment rate rose to 10.9 percent, according to the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida's jobless rate inched up to 11.2 percent in October, a slight gain over the previous month as the worst recession in more than three decades lumbered along. Florida's unemployment rate in September was 11.1 percent, and state...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan On the local front: A year ago today: Rhode Island's unemployment rate last month climbed to 9.3 percent, the highest since 1983, as job cuts in the private and public sectors coursed through nearly every part of the economy, a government report released today shows. Factories, offices and retail stores, among others, slashed payrolls in October, eliminating 2,400 jobs, according...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The 8,000 Kentuckians due a 20-week extension of unemployment compensation won't see their checks for at least a month, while a similar number of Hoosiers could start getting their payments as early as next week.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The unemployment rate in Rhode Island has fallen for the first time in nearly three years, dropping slightly to 12.9 percent in October.
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72jag | 02/26/2009
President Obama spoke on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about the urgency of the situation that America is in; spiraling health care costs, a less than optimal educational system, dependence upon unsustainable energy sources, not to mention the failing economy, rising unemployment, a collapsing housing market, and rampant unethical behavior on Wall Street were all on his mind and in his speech. In stark contrast
gotube | 02/25/2009
Gov. Jindal refuses stimulus money!Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana announced that he will refuse the Unemployment portion of the stimulus that was allocated to Louisiana, on grounds that it would be costly for businesses in the l...
weblomaniac | 01/22/2009
More doom an gloom today as latest figures just released show that the number of people losing their jobs surged to 225,000 in the 3 months to November 2008, bringing the jobless total in the UK to 1.92million, the highest it’s been for over a de...
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