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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in December while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% as the labor market ended the year on a solid footing, reinforcing views that ...
The unemployment rate fell to 4.1% from 4.2% in November. December marked the most monthly job gains seen since March 2023. Revisions to the unemployment rate in 2024 also showed the labor market ...
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
October 2010 Canadian unemployment rate: 7.9% [23] November 2010 Canadian unemployment rate: 7.6% [ 26 ] The employment rate has been stabilized between 8.0% and 11.0% for the past two years; signifying the economic strength of Canada's financial institutions compared to its counterparts in the United States.
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In April 2010, the official unemployment rate was 9.9%, but the government's broader U-6 unemployment rate was 17.1%. [183] Between February 2008 and February 2010, the number of people working part-time for economic reasons (i.e., would prefer to work full-time) increased by 4.0 million to 8.8 million, an 83% increase in part-time workers ...
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The state has yet to return to its pre-pandemic unemployment rate of about 3.5%, even as it leads the country in new jobs created. However, state economic experts say the unemployment rate is an ...