http://www.northescambia.com/2017/09/local-unemployment-rate-falls Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2017/09/local-unemployment-rate-falls/comment-page-1#comment-350431 RD Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:55:48 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=298413#comment-350431 4.3 to 4.0 is not down slightly. A reduction of 0.3% means 7.0% of the people that were still unemployed and looking for work, found work in August. That is a pretty significant in my book. 4.3 to 4.0 is not down slightly. A reduction of 0.3% means 7.0% of the people that were still unemployed and looking for work, found work in August. That is a pretty significant in my book.

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2017/09/local-unemployment-rate-falls/comment-page-1#comment-350230 nne 1of2 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 14:36:31 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=298413#comment-350230 I wonder how or if they count those who will never return as they are now self-employed on their computers and loving every minute of it making money working 24 hours a week. I wonder how or if they count those who will never return as they are now self-employed on their computers and loving every minute of it making money working 24 hours a week.

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2017/09/local-unemployment-rate-falls/comment-page-1#comment-350222 Tom Sun, 17 Sep 2017 09:52:04 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=298413#comment-350222 Unemployment rate only measures people who are in the workforce or are seeking employment, The number of people not in the workforce has almost doubled in this country sense the 1990s according to the Labor Department. This shift can easily be traced to the lack of highly paid middle class skilled jobs vs the now more abundant lower class minimum wage only jobs. Unemployment rate only measures people who are in the workforce or are seeking employment, The number of people not in the workforce has almost doubled in this country sense the 1990s according to the Labor Department. This shift can easily be traced to the lack of highly paid middle class skilled jobs vs the now more abundant lower class minimum wage only jobs.

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