Local unemployment Rate Drops Statewide for Record Ninth Month
Year-over-year unemployment rates for May dropped in every metropolitan area in Illinois for an unprecedented ninth consecutive month, according to preliminary data released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. That has not occurred since this data set was first built in 1976.
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Ill. unemployment rate falls to 8.7 percent
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell for the 15th consecutive month in Illinois. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), the unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percent
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Unemployment Dips, Slightly
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma Statewide unemployment is back into the single digits for the first August in two years, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security . The unemployment rate trickled downward in 9 out of 12 major metropolitan areas in the state, bringing the statewide total to 9.9 percent. The Rockford area has the highest rate, at 14.5 percent while Bloomington-Normal and …
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CBS4 RTV4 WHBF Quad Cities, IL / IA News Weather SportsIllinois unemployment rate falls to 10.1%
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ unemployment rate fell to 10.1% in August. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says August represents the eighth consecutive month the rate was steady or declined. It was down slightly from July’s rate of 10.3%.
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Texas Unemployment Rate Remains at 8.2 Percent for March
AUSTIN — The Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March remained unchanged at 8.2 percent for the fifth consecutive month, and continues to trend well below the March U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 9.7 percent.
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Texas unemployment rate holds steady at 8.2 percent
AUSTIN –The Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 8.2 percent in January, unchanged from a revised 8.2 percent in December 2009, and continued to trend well below the U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 9.7 percent.
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