Article: MICHIGAN'S JANUARY JOBLESS RATE DROPS

Article: St. Joe jobless rate, labor force ...
St. Joseph News-Press;  June 4, 2003 ;     672 words ... ... cause for concern in St. Joseph. The jobless rate in St. Joseph dipped to 5 percent in ... Tuesday. At the same time, the total labor force in the St. Joseph area dropped by 1 ... would be counted in the St. Joseph labor force. Officials with the St. Joseph Area ...

Article: Allentown, Pa.-Area July Jobless Rate Dips; ...
The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  August 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the level of a third indicator, the labor force, which continues to shrink. That means ... employment," said Scott Meckley, a state labor force analyst. "We're not seeing that ... lot of students aren't entering the labor force. Not surprisingly, the number of jobs ...

Article: JOBLESS RATE DOWN, LABOR FORCE UP BY ...
The Manila Times;  March 16, 2007 ;     517 words ... ... government said Thursday. The labor force in January increased by 1.2 ... people encouraged to join the labor force. Thus the government should do ... job losses," Neri said. The jobless rate was higher among males-8.1 ...

Article: Area's jobless rate drops; Decline in labor ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Another consideration in the lower jobless rate in Milwaukee, Sachse said, is an overall decline in the area's labor force, which hit an annual peak of about ... rates could be maintained with a labor force that's trailing off?" he said ...

Article: Jobless rate slips below 4% in Mass. State ...
The Boston Globe;  December 21, 1996 ;     541 words ...Massachusetts' jobless rate broke through a new ... growing somewhat -- the labor force did increase in November ... the population and the labor force, which is limiting ... said. The size of the labor force grew by a slim 500 jobs ...

Article: Jobless rate dips to 4% even as 925000 join ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Jobless rate dips to 4% even as 925,000 join labor force Washington Post Saturday ... S. households on which the jobless rate is based showed a huge jump of 925,000 in the civilian labor force -- those who either had a ...

Article: State jobless rate reaches new low Experts credit ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 28, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... construction season and a shrinking labor force helped to drive Wisconsin's April ... and currently the third-lowest jobless rate in the nation. Wisconsin's previous ... technical factors. Wisconsin's labor force shrank by 3,700 people from March ...