Arkansas’ unemployment rate was 7.7 percent in April, unchanged from the revised rate for March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. View full post on All Stories

A new report says Missouri’s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest point in about two years. View full post on All Stories

Unemployment fell by 36,000 in the quarter to March to 2.455 million, a rate of 7.7%, down by 0.1% on the quarter. View full post on All Stories

Although Minnesota’s unemployment rate is relatively low at 6.6 percent, businesses large and small are reluctant to hire, and the depressed real estate market remains a drag on the economy. View full post on All Stories

Although Minnesota’s unemployment rate is relatively low at 6.6 percent, businesses large and small are reluctant to hire, and the depressed real estate market remains a drag on the economy. View full post on All Stories

Employers hired aggressively in April, the government said Friday, with non-farm payrolls jumping by 244,000 even as the unemployment rate ticked up to 9 percent. View full post on All Stories

Indonesia’s unemployment rate dropped from 7.14 percent in August to 6.8 percent in February, amounting to around 8.1 million people. View full post on All Stories

The government says Spain’s unemployment rate rose sharply to 21.3 percent in the first quarter of 2011, leaving nearly 5 million people without work. View full post on All Stories

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Japan’s core consumer price index rose 0.2% in March, while the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.6%, Japan’s Statistics Bureau said Thursday. The gain in the core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, marked the first rise since March 2009, according to CNBC. The inflation reading, which matched the consensus [...]

CHAMPAIGN — Champaign-Urbana got a bit of national attention this month when the Christian Science Monitor pronounced it as one of five metro areas recovering quickly from the recession. “Last year, these five metropolitan areas were struggling economically with unemployment above the national average,” the Monitor wrote. read more View full post on All Stories

Unemployment rates fell throughout East Central Illinois in March in some cases to levels not seen in nearly two years. Champaign County’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.6 percent, down from 8.3 percent in February. It was the lowest rate since May 2009, when the rate stood at 7.2 percent. read more View full post on [...]