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"Of the roughly 2 percentage-point net increase in the rate of unemployment between the end of 2007 and the end of 2013, about 1 percentage point was the result of cyclical weakness in the demand for goods and services, and about 1 percentage point arose from structural factors; those factors are chiefly the stigma workers face and the erosion ...
Unemployment in the US by State (June 2023) The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication.
Since 1960, foreign-born immigrant women have the lowest labor market participation rate between all of the groups in the United States. [58] The groups include immigrant men and individuals born in the United States. [58] Foreign-born immigrant women participate in the labor force between 75 and 78 percent lower than native born males. [58]
In 2014, unemployment dropped to 5.6 percent—making it the best year for job growth since 2007. Yet Five charts help explain the state of unemployment in America today
By RYAN GORMAN The U.S. unemployment rate remains higher than normal across the nation despite a slow and steady drop, but there are some places where jobs are easier to come by. There are 20 U.S ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought initial unemployment claims to 38.6 million in just nine weeks, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor — shattering historic highs ...
Data for 1910-1930 from Christina Romer (1986), "Spurious Volatility in Historical Unemployment Data", The Journal of Political Economy, 94(1): 1-37. Data for 1930-1940 from Robert M. Coen (1973). "Labor Force and Unemployment in the 1920's and 1930's: A Re-Examination Based on Postwar Experience", The Review of Economics and Statistics, 55(1 ...
The economic history of the United States spans the colonial era through the 21st century. The initial settlements depended on agriculture and hunting/trapping, later adding international trade, manufacturing, and finally, services, to the point where agriculture represented less than 2% of GDP .