Unemployment

Colorado's Unemployment Rate Dips Below 7 Percent

Emily Boyer — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:42:26 +0000

Colorado’s unemployment rate fell to 6.9 percent in April. That’s two tenths of one percentage point lower than March’s rate of 7.1 percent.

Colorado's Unemployment Rate Continues Steady Decline

Emily Boyer — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:40:37 +0000

Colorado’s unemployment rate fell again in March to the lowest figure since January of 2009. The state’s figure remains well below the national unemployment rate of 7.6 percent.

Jobless Claims Fell Sharply Last Week

Mark Memmott — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:52:00 +0000

There were 346,000 first-time claims for unemployment benefits, down 42,000 from the week before, the Employment and Training Administration reports.

Meanwhile, the "4-week moving average" of claims was 358,000, up by 3,000 from the previous week's 355,000.

Long-Term Unemployed Prepare For Sequester Pinch

Jim Zarroli — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:56:23 +0000

Almost 5 million Americans are considered long-term unemployed, meaning they have been searching for work for at least six months.

This week, their plight is getting a bit tougher as the government cuts their unemployment benefits — part of the automatic reductions in federal spending that took effect recently.

On a recent day, about 40 people turned out at a Manhattan jobs center run by the New York Labor Department to get advice on looking for work.

Job Growth Slows Sharply, But Unemployment Rate Dips

Mark Memmott — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:36:00 +0000

There were just 88,000 jobs added to private and public payrolls in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates.

But the nation's jobless rate still edged down to 7.6 percent from 7.7 percent. That dip wasn't for a good reason, though: Nearly half a million fewer people were participating in the labor force. That smaller pool meant the jobless rate could tick down even as job growth was weak.

The news was not in line with expectations.