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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North Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped sharply last month to 7.4 percent – the lowest rate in over five years.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 3:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As one who was born and raised in Eastern Carolina I hate to see what is happening to this rural region.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2013 @ 2:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In state politics, most people cite the unemployment rate as a proxy for the performance of North Carolina's economy. They also tend to describe...
Published: Sunday, June 9th, 2013 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just about every political cause in Raleigh is being pitched as a spur to economic growth. It's easy to see why. North Carolina continues to post...
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 @ 6:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Great News on Jobs" crowed The Washington Post. The government reports that 236,000 jobs were "created" in February and the unemployment rate fell from 7.9 to 7.7 percent.
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2013 @ 9:47 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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 experts say the recession ended in 2009; the people in North Carolina say it's still going on. Moreover, by a large margin they expect it to drag on for two years or more.
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 @ 11:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's unemployment rate has been 9.4 percent for the past three months. That statistic certainly helps to identify our labor market as one of the weakest in the country.
Published: Saturday, August 4th, 2012 @ 6:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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North Carolina's unemployment rate fell in April by three-tenths of a point, to 9.4 percent. Good news? Not really.
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2012 @ 2:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In unadjusted terms, the state added 20,000 jobs in April; over the past year, the number of jobs statewide has risen by 26,600. The vast majority of those gains have been in the private sector, which has accounted for 25,900 of the jobs added since April 2011.
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2012 @ 10:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points in March to a seasonally adjusted rate of 9.7 percent as the number of unemployed fell and the number of people with jobs rose.
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2012 @ 8:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unemployment figures for March 2011, released today by the North Carolina Employment Security Commission, show Beaufort County's unemployment rate improving for the second-consecutive month.
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 @ 12:42 pm
By: BCN
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In February 2011, according to the NCESC, the percentage of Beaufort County residents, over the age of 15, who reported being unsuccessful in procuring employment for pay was 10.7 percent.
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2011 @ 4:49 pm
By: BCN
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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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Even though the unemployment rate was nearly two points lower in December 2010 than in January 2010, there were nearly 700 less people employed at the end of the year.
Published: Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 @ 2:23 pm
By: BCN
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Already this November, according to the National Association of Realtors Residential Sold Report, 12 homes have been sold countywide, nine of those in Washington.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2010 @ 3:16 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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This month's Market Report is simply a reminder that our financial environment looks a bit different than it did five years ago, and it may for a while to come.
Published: Friday, August 6th, 2010 @ 1:59 pm
By: BCN
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