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Unemployment Falls in Two-Thirds of States

WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate fell in two-thirds of the nation's states last month, the latest evidence that the strengthening economy is encouraging many employers to boost hiring. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate dropped in 34 states in March. That's the largest number of states to record a decline...

More People Apply for Unemployment Benefits, Reversing Trend

WASHINGTON -- More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the first increase in three weeks. Still, the broader trend points to a slowly healing jobs market. The government says applications for unemployment benefits rose 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 412,000 for the week ended April 9. That left...

US Experiencing Uneven Job Growth Across States

WASHINGTON -- U.S. companies have added jobs for 12 straight months, giving some of the hardest hit states a lift. But the gains have been uneven and several states are still losing jobs. California and Michigan, which each suffered some of the worst losses during the recession, are adding jobs again. California last...

Despite Employment Perils, US Is Finally Hiring -- for These Jobs

The jobs may finally be coming back. After a financial crisis and recession that knocked more than 8.5 million people out of work and a faltering economic recovery that couldn't even produce enough new jobs to employ graduates and other new entrants to the labor force, the U.S. private sector last month created jobs at a...

Jobs Market Convalescence Could Take a Long Time

The U.S. jobs market may finally be on the verge of an actual recovery, but expect it to come back with a whimper rather than a bang. The Labor Department today said the number of people who filed for unemployment insurance last week was just 368,000. That's the lowest number of weekly jobless claims reported by the...

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Richard Barrington: Where the Jobs Are: 5 states Leading the Recovery

Last Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a report showing that the unemployment rate declined in 30 states during March, compared with just eight states that saw unemployment increase (the unemployment rate was unchanged in the remaining 12 states).

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Background on unemployment rate

Unemployment (or ), as defined by the International Labour Organization, occurs when people are without jobs and they have actively sought work within the past four weeks.

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