News Releases
05.03.2013
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL, NC (May 3, 2013) – The national labor market added in April 165,000 more jobs than it lost. The unemployment rate, however, was essentially unchanged from the previous month, as was the total number of unemployed Americans. Despite ...
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05.01.2013
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL, NC (May 1, 2013) – Between March 2012 and March 2013, unemployment rates fell in 78 of North Carolina’s 100 countries and in 12 of the state’s 14 metropolitan areas. Over the period, the size of the labor ...
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04.19.2013
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL, NC (April 19, 2013) – The total number of payroll jobs in North Carolina essentially was unchanged in March (-300, +/- 0 percent). While the statewide unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) fell by 0.2 percentage points, the decline was ...
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04.10.2013
News Releases, Policy Points
CHAPEL HILL, NC (April 10, 2013) – Between February 2012 and February 2013, unemployment rates fell in 76 of North Carolina’s 100 countries and in 12 of the state’s 14 metropolitan areas. Over the period, the size of the labor ...
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04.05.2013
News Releases, Policy Points
The national labor market added in March just 88,000 more jobs than it lost in March. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, dipped to 7.6 percent, due in part to a contraction in the size of the labor force. Despite some improvements ...
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