National unemployment rate rises

University Wire;  May 7, 2001 ;   Kate Zimmerman;   508 words ......MADISON, Wis. -- The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 4.5 percent...manufacturing sector of the economy. Experts believe the...due to the slowing economy. "If the economy slows down, it is almost...report is proof that the economy is heading toward a...consumer confidence in the ...

Unemployment rate highest in 8 years

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 4, 2002 ;   DAVID LEONHARDT;   787 words ...Unemployment rate highest in 8 years...figure exaggerates economy's problems, economists...2002 The nation's unemployment rate surged last month...in the nation's unemployment rate, from 5.7%, may have exaggerated the economy's problems. The...2000, when the ...

Unemployment Rate Drops to 5-Year Low

AP Online;  November 3, 2006 ;     787 words ......the civilian unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage...added to the economy in October fell...year, when the economy was suffering...The 4.4 percent unemployment rate was the lowest...in the overall unemployment rate surprised economists...expecting the ...

Unemployment Rate Hits 4-Year High;205,000 Lost Jobs in March; Analysts...

The Washington Post;  April 6, 1991 ;   John M. Berry;   787 words ...The economy moved deeper...nation's unemployment rate from 6.5...and the unemployment rate has increased...the U.S. economy, is now chewing...While the economy is likely...instance, the unemployment rate probably...

Japanese Unemployment Rate Dips

AP Online;  March 1, 2002 ;   YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press Writer;   581 words ......Title: Japanese Unemployment Rate Dips [image omitted...AP) _ Japan's unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent...as its teetering economy battles its third...last time Japan's unemployment rate dropped was in...figures, Japan's unemployment rate was 5.4 ...

Japan's Unemployment Rate Declines

AP Online;  March 1, 2002 ;   YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press Writer;   581 words ......Title: Japan's Unemployment Rate Declines [image...AP) _ Japan's unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent...as its teetering economy battles its third...last time Japan's unemployment rate dropped was in...figures, Japan's unemployment rate was 5.4 percent...year ...

US unemployment rate holding steady; Helps economy weather housing, credit...

Manila Bulletin;  December 10, 2007 ;     601 words ......November and the unemployment rate held steady...signs for an economy that is fighting...prevent the unemployment rate from rising...row. The economy has been...a steady unemployment rate does not signal an economy dipping into...

Unemployment rate hits 4.9 percent; highest since 1997.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  September 7, 2001 ;   Moritsugu, Ken;   698 words ......pushed the nation's unemployment rate up to 4.9 percent...the slowing U.S. economy could be headed...Analysts expect the unemployment rate, which is up from...The key to the economy's fate will be...last time the unemployment rate was this high...many think the ...

ECONOMY SEEMS TO STABILIZE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN WASHINGTON UNCHANGED AT...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 18, 2003 ;   Nyhan, Paul;   287 words ......the Washington economy may finally be...Whereas Washington's unemployment rate was unchanged...decades. Even if the economy is now poised...slowly and the unemployment rate probably won't...Nationwide, the unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent...the national ...

Unemployment rate drops to 4.4 percent in March

Charleston Daily Mail;  April 6, 2007 ;   JEANNINE AVERSA;   754 words ......driving the unemployment rate down to a...performance in an economy that has...calling for the economy to add around...and for the unemployment rate to actually...year. As the economy slows, the unemployment rate also is expected...

Unemployment Rate Falls In Sign of Economic Vigor

The Washington Post;  August 5, 1989 ;   John M. Berry;   764 words ......recession, the nation's economy added jobs for 194,000 new workers last month as the unemployment rate edged back down to 5.2 percent...but this new sign of the economy's strength surprised many...180,000 to 250,000. The unemployment rate, which had dropped as low...a major negative ...

Unemployment rate falls again

Daily Breeze;  March 9, 2002 ;   Sherri Day;   547 words ...Unemployment rate falls again ECONOMY: Figures for February...predicted that the unemployment rate would rise to 5.8 percent. The economy stopped shedding...decrease in the unemployment rate in January, the economy still shed a revised...

THE CLINTON-GORE ECONOMIC RECORD: THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN 30 YEARS

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  January 7, 2000 ;   INDSTRY GROUP 91;   529 words ...00-00-0000 THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE SINCE 1969 AND...President, the American economy was barely creating...stagnant, and the unemployment rate was 7.5 percent...bringing the average unemployment rate for 1999 to 4.2...since 1969. The unemployment rate has fallen ...

U.S. Unemployment Rate Slides in August

AP Online;  September 1, 2006 ;     758 words ......pulled the nation's unemployment rate down to 4.7 percent...that the slowing economy isn't in danger of...hiring improving, the unemployment rate dropped down a notch...decline put the current unemployment rate close to a five-year...

Nebraska Unemployment Rate High, But Likely to Drop Soon, Experts Say.

Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 1, 2002 ;     745 words ......in sight as the economy gathers itself...recovery. The state unemployment rate -- a lagging economic...like the Nebraska economy and the regional economy have bottomed...percent national unemployment rate in December was...said the higher unemployment rate means ...