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Pennsylvania's Employment Situation: April 2008 (PR News Wire )

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:18:00 GMT

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted civilian labor force -- the number of people working or looking for work -- rose to 6,370,000 in April, an increase of 46,000 from March. Resident employment and unemployment were up from March by 35,000 and 9,000, respectively. The labor force was up 95,000 from April 2007, with employment...

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Wisconsin unemployment dips to 4.4 percent (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:53:57 GMT

The state of Wisconsin's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate for April was 4.4 percent, nearly a full percentage point from the rate in April of 2007.

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Illinois unemployment rate dips, but still above U.S. average (Chicago Tribune)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:16:49 GMT

Unemployment in Illinois eased to 5.4 percent last month from March's 5.5 percent jobless rate, state officials said Thursday.

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Unemployment rises in April (The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:57:51 GMT

Minnesota's unemployment rate grew slightly to 4.8 percent in April, as employers shed 10,100 jobs.

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Early Retirees May Help Hold US Unemployment Rate Down (Research Recap)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:20:59 GMT

Early retirement by baby boomers could be helping keep the unemployment rate down even as payroll employment falls, according to Standard & Poor’s Chief Economist David Wyss. In Older But Not Wiser: Why Americans Remain Dangerously Unprepared For Retirement, Wyss points out that as the oldest Baby Boomers turn 62, the sharp rise in the number [...]

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State unemployment rate dips in April (The Atlanta Business Chronicle)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:16:29 GMT

Georgia's unemployment rate fell 0.2 percent to 5 percent in April, the Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday.

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N.J. job count up, but so is unemployment rate (The Philadelphia Business Journal)

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:58:23 GMT

New Jersey's nonfarm employment grew by 1,000 jobs last month to 4,072,700, according to preliminary estimates released by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Wednesday, and its unemployment rate increased from 4.8 percent to 5 percent.

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Free Salary Data Resource (Compensation Force)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:28:17 GMT

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has just released its May 2007 Occupational Employment Statistics Survey, which provides mean and median wage data for more than 800 occupations across 375 MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas). This is essentially a free salary survey,...

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Tennessee April unemployment drops 0.1% (The Memphis Business Journal)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:36:56 GMT

Tennessee's unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 5.4 percent, a 0.1 percent drop from 5.5 percent in March.

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Midwest prices up 0.8 percent in April (The Wichita Business Journal )

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:26:45 GMT

Prices in the Midwest region were 0.8 percent higher in April 2008 that the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Kansas' mass layoffs falls in 1Q 2008 (The Wichita Business Journal )

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:07:14 GMT

Kansas saw a decrease in the number of mass layoffs between the fourth quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of this year, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Colorado companies cut more jobs in first quarter (The Denver Business Journal)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:05:35 GMT

Colorado companies cut more jobs in the first quarter than they did a year earlier, according to a report issued Thursday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Mass layoffs drop in Tennessee in Q1 (The Memphis Business Journal)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:49:31 GMT

There were 16 mass layoff events that resulted in 3,289 Tennessee workers losing their jobs for at least 31 days during the first quarter of 2008, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Mass layoffs flat in Mo. in Q1 (The St Louis Business Journal )

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:20:26 GMT

In the first three months of 2008 in Missouri, there were 19 mass layoff events that resulted in the separation of 3,371 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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South Florida prices "soaring at the fastest pace in the nation" (Florida Politics)

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:38:00 GMT

In South Florida, "Consumer prices — for gas, food and other products — are soaring at the fastest pace in the nation, according to figures released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). But wages here haven't kept pace with inflation. That combination is putting pressure on local consumers. The Miami- Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area topped all other cities, with a 4.9...

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Parallel World of Cheap Gas (Random Musings)

Thu, 15 May 2008 01:44:47 GMT

The government has started reporting from our parallel universe, it seems. The latest data published by Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that gas prices actually fell down in US. Now I cannot think of a better way of angering an already irritated group of consumers. In US, where oil was never a luxury, people are [...]

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US Real Earnings in April 2008 (Xorte latest economic news)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Real average weekly earnings fell by 0.5 percent from March to April after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

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US Consumer Price Index Summary in April 2008 (Xorte latest economic news)

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in April, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The April level of 214.823 (1982-84=100) was 3.9 percent higher than in April 2007.

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US stocks rise on inflation data (Thaindian News)

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:49:59 GMT

DPA New York, May 15 (DPA) US stocks rallied Wednesday after government data showed consumer prices had risen less than expected. Prices for US consumer goods rose at a seasonally adjusted rate of 0.2 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.. The Consumer Price Index increase was less than analysts had predicted and declined from [...]

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The Jobless Rate (Economist's View)

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:07:00 GMT

This article from the Cleveland Fed compares the jobless rate for men and women to the unemployment rate. The jobless rate entire working-age population in the estimate labor market weakness, not just the labor force as in the unemployment rate...

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