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Hope for an economic recovery has dwindled after the Labor Department released its weekly jobless claims on Thursday, which totaled 1.4 million – an increase over the previous week’s 1.3 million claims.
Published: Saturday, July 25th, 2020 @ 2:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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Nearly 3 million Americans filed for new unemployment benefits last week, pushing the number of people who have lost their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic to more than 36.5 million, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2020 @ 12:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Democrats are making the problem worse by keeping states closed.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 8:16 am
By: LifeZette
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D-CA) announced Sunday that the economic consequences of the coronavirus outbreak and association shutdown will have a greater negative effect on the city than the Great Recession of 2008.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 9:53 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolinians who have filed for unemployment insurance because of COVID-19 won’t see payments for at least two weeks, state officials said during a Friday, April 3 news conference.
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 @ 4:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Department of Labor released its weekly jobs numbers Thursday and announced “the highest level” of jobless claims in the history of the country.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 @ 11:30 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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I know my advice is fated to be hated. I know it's hard to follow. But I'm going to offer it, anyway - again. Politicians and pundits across the ideological spectrum should avoid drawing sweeping conclusions from limited, preliminary data about North Carolina's labor market.
Published: Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 @ 5:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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US Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) - affectionately known in many parts as Chuck Schumer's sock puppet™ - has filed a bill seeking an extension of federal unemployment benefits. Imagine that. Right in front of a tough reelection fight.
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 @ 6:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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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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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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