The Ann Arbor area's unemployment rate fell to 8.9 percent in February, a fall from 9.3 percent in January, according to data released this afternoon by the state. According to the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, "Washtenaw County's rate was the lowest statewide in February."
The Ann Arbor region's unemployment rate ticked upward to 9 percent in December, according to statistics released today by the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth.
Michigan's unemployment rate fell slightly for the third straight month in December, dropping to 14.6 percent, state officials said this afternoon. The rate was 14.7 percent in November.
Washtenaw County's unemployment rate stayed stable in November, officials reported this afternoon. The region's jobless rate, which slipped from 9.3 percent in September to 8.8 percent in October, stayed at 8.8 percent in November, according to the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth. Washtenaw joined Livingston as the ...
Michigan's jobless rate fell to 14.7 percent in November, dropping from 15.1 percent in October. The rate, released this afternoon, "remains high but has stabilized, and has recorded two consecutive months of modest reductions” said Rick Waclawek, director of DELEG’s Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives, in a ...
Two years of steep job cuts all but ended last month, unexpectedly pulling down the unemployment rate and raising hopes for a lasting economic recovery. Federal figures released Friday showed that the rate fell from 10.2 percent in October to 10 percent as employers shed the fewest number of jobs ...
A drastic contraction in Michigan’s population is a recipe for further economic erosion, a Michigan State University researcher said today. Michigan lost 89,844 residents from 2005 to 2008, according to a new MSU report released today. But Washtenaw County fared better, gaining 3,000 residents during the same timeframe.
The Ann Arbor region’s unemployment rate declined by half a percentage point to 8.8 percent in October, according to statistics released today by the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth. The unemployment rate's decline was attributable almost entirely to seasonal hiring by local universities and schools, state officials ...