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Fla. Unemployment Improves, Miami-Dade Struggling
Florida’s unemployment rate dropped for a second-straight month to 7.5 percent which was the lowest the rate has been since October 2008 when it was 7.4 percent.
Nearly 7,000 Jobs In Miami-Dade Disappear In February
Governor Rick Scott hopes the release of the state’s unemployment numbers Friday will bring more improvement after the jobs numbers spiked in January.
Fla’s Jobless Rate Dips Below National Average
Florida’s unemployment dipped below the national average in January to its lowest level in four years.
Economy Adds Just 155,000 Jobs In December
The economy continued to show growth over the final two months of the 2012 calendar year, but it wasn’t enough to bring down the unemployment rate in December.
Unemployment Claims Drop Again Over Last Week
The number of people asking for unemployment benefits last week dropped to the lowest level since March 2008, according to the Labor Department.
Florida’s Jobless Rate Tumbled In November
Florida’s jobless rate fell in November to 8.1 percent, its lowest rate since late 2008.
Florida Unemployment Drops To 8.5%
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points to 8.5 percent in October 2012. The October unemployment report was the lowest unemployment rate in the state since December 2008.
Fla. Unemployment Virtually Unchanged In September
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained fell 0.1 percent in September to 8.7 percent. The numbers reflected 808,000 Floridians out of work in the month of September and will be the final state unemployment report released before the presidential election.
National Unemployment Drops To 7.8%
The U.S. unemployment rate fell in September to the lowest rate since President Barack Obama’s first month in office. The Labor Department reported Friday that unemployment dropped to 7.8 percent primarily because more people found jobs.
Jobless Numbers Struggle In August
The U.S. economy only added 96,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but those numbers were less than the more than 100,000 economists were expecting.
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