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According to the latest report from the N.C. Department of Commerce, North Carolina has a 3.3% unemployment rate, the lowest in decades.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 11:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After increasing for four consecutive months, North Carolina’s unemployment rate plateaued in December at 3.9%, according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 5:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today the North Carolina Department of Commerce released September county-level unemployment data for the state, revealing a decrease in unemployment rates for 99 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Only Warren County saw an increase in its unemployment rate.
Published: Sunday, November 27th, 2022 @ 2:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s employment situation improved once again last month as the unemployment rate decreased to 3.5% for March according to the latest data from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 @ 1:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since President Trump has taken office, economic growth rates have soared, 4.2 percent in the last quarter, and unemployment rates are the lowest in decades, at present 3.7 percent
Published: Saturday, December 29th, 2018 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s economy continues to show strength. Last week the Department of Commerce reported the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 4.2 percent
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 6:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When pollsters ask voters to list the issues they care about most, economic concerns usually rank high on the list - even when unemployment rates are relatively low
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 5:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tuesday's edition of the Raleigh News & Observer included a fact-free editorial by a staffer of the George Soros-funded Budget & Tax Center - a project of the NC Justice Center.
Published: Saturday, October 29th, 2016 @ 12:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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"North Carolina's recent, major changes in economic policy have resulted, thus far, in sizable increases in economic growth, employment, and salaries, and reductions in unemployment rates."
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 2:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped even lower to 4.6 percent in August, the lowest since April 2007.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 @ 9:54 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped even lower to 4.6 percent in August, the lowest since April 2007
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 @ 9:43 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Progressive critics of North Carolina's historic 2013 tax reforms are quick to seize on topline unemployment rate figures in an attempt to discredit the rate cuts. But a closer look shows that in fact our state has enjoyed stellar job growth since taxes were cut.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The United States economy expanded at .2% for the first quarter, 2015, which is better than zero expansion in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), which is better than negative expansion, but not an economy that anyone should be proud of; certainly not the Obama Administration.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2015 @ 1:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Members of the North Carolina General Assembly returned to Raleigh last Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 to begin the official business of the 2015-2016 legislative session.
Published: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 @ 12:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Not much, it would seem. Yet according to the latest data, they are among the states leading the national pack in economic performance. The closer you look at the list of top performers, the more you start to see patterns that help explain why some states are faring well and others aren't within...
Published: Sunday, December 7th, 2014 @ 10:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Several of my recent columns have addressed the statistical basis of political disputes over education funding, the state budget, and declines in North Carolina’s unemployment rate.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The next time you see or hear a politician, policy analyst, activist, or journalist say that North Carolina’s unemployment rate has fallen “largely” because of workers dropping out of the labor force, ask for a definition of the term.
Published: Monday, July 7th, 2014 @ 8:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How serious are our state leaders about economic growth and long-term recovery? Are they committed to broadening the base of taxpayers so that everyone pays something and nearly everyone pays less? Will they stand strong to continue the reforms that are turning the state around?
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) and Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued the following joint statement Monday in response to North Carolina's unemployment rate dropping to its lowest level since August 2008.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 1:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When Republicans took control of the legislature in January 2011, North Carolina's economy was struggling, the unemployment rate was 10.4%, citizens and businesses were burdened with a 1930s Depression-era tax code, and the state owed the federal government $2.5 billion.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement concerning North Carolina’s November unemployment rate drop to 7.4 percent- the lowest rate in more than five years.
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2013 @ 2:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A change in North Carolina's tax code is coming this year. The most likely outcome will be a reduction in the reliance on our state's income taxes and more of a reliance on an expanded sales tax.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 @ 8:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The nation's unemployment rate rose slightly in July, to a seasonally adjusted 8.3 percent, even though the employment survey showed the largest seasonally adjusted job gain in five months.
Published: Saturday, August 4th, 2012 @ 10:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state's unemployment rate for May remained unchanged at 9.4 percent, marking the 41st consecutive month the unemployment rate has been 9.0 percent or higher.
Published: Saturday, June 16th, 2012 @ 12:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Members of the General Assembly have recently proposed a tax hike that would affect many people and businesses. And this tax increase comes at a time when North Carolina is 47th in the nation in unemployment, at a rate of 9.4 percent.
Published: Saturday, June 16th, 2012 @ 9:44 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Unless state legislators take swift action, beginning Apr. 16, the maximum number of weeks for which a North Carolina resident can file for unemployment benefits is set to be reduced from 99 to 79.
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2011 @ 3:36 pm
By: BCN
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Thanks to the federal government, every property in Beaufort County is presently eligible for 100-percent financing through the USDA Rural Housing Program.
Published: Sunday, September 5th, 2010 @ 12:51 pm
By: BCN
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