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City’s Jobless Rate in January Hit 4-Month High

Posted on March 7, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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New York City’s unemployment rate rose back above 9 percent at the start of 2013, even though the city started the year with more jobs than it had ever had, according to reports released on Thursday. Continue reading →

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Black Female Unemployment Has Steepest Decline

Posted on June 11, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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Black women have emerged triumphant in May’s official unemployment data, with a decrease of 10 per cent in unemployment from 13.7 per cent in April to 12.4 per cent in May.

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics positioned black women as the strongest performing demographic in the decline of unemployment across race and gender categories. Continue reading →

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Where Americans Aren’t Moving?

Posted on December 27, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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Net loss: 98,178 residents

Like California, New York is, historically, a major exporter of it citizens. The state depends upon foreign migration for its population growth. But also like California, New York’s out-migration eased in the year ended July 1.

In 2006, nearly a quarter million more people left the state than moved in, two and a half times the 2009 total.

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The state has not gone through the same housing crisis that engulfed bubble states. The unemployment rate is lower than the nation as a whole and foreclosure problems have been relatively minor.

Still, New York is the decade’s biggest loser: The state a total of 1,686,583 residents, more than anywhere else.

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