RI Unemployment Rate Declines to 11.5 Percent
Friday, January 21, 2011
The state unemployment rate has dipped down to 11.5 percent, according to the latest job numbers released by the Rhode Island Department of Labor today.
The rate represented a decrease of just one tenth of percent from the rate in November—but it was a much more significant improvement from a year ago, when the jobless rate was 12.7 percent.
Nationwide, the U.S. unemployment rate was 9.4 percent in December 2010.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
Related Articles
- RI Faces Loss of Federal Unemployment Benefits
- RI Unemployment Rate Edges Back Up
- RI to Get $15.6 Million for Unemployment Program
- State Audit Details Pension Liability, Unemployment Fund Deficit
- U.S. House Fails to Extend Federal Unemployment Benefits
- Unemployment Benefits Face an Even Bigger Cut
- Caprio: State Can Cut Unemployment in Half
- Unemployment Rate Dips Down Slightly
- Providence Area Number 1 for Hispanic Unemployment
