The state’s unemployment rate is down to 5.6 percent from lower than 6 percent last year. Governor Peter Shumlin says state revenues of taxes and fees have also begun to pick
up and are at the level they were at when the recession began.
Vermont’s unemployment rate has climbed again. The state Department of Labor says
the rate for July was 5.7 percent. That’s up two-tenths of a
percentage point from July.
Vermont’s unemployment rate continues to decline, dropping
two-tenths of one percentage point last month, to 5.4 percent. The
March rate was more than a full percentage point better than March 2010.
Vermont’s unemployment rate continues to decline — to 5.4 percent. The
March rate was more than a full percentage point better than March 2010. But the Department of Labor warns that the state has a long way to go before reaching pre-recession
unemployment numbers.
Vermont’s unemployment rate continues to decline. The state Labor Department says the rate for February dropped a tenth of a percentage point to 5.6 percent.
The Vermont
Department of Labor says the state’s unemployment rate rose only once in
2010, with data pointing to a slow but positive economic recovery.
As Vermont borrows $58 million to cover unemployment payments through March, we examine potential systemic changes that could lead the program back to solvency.
New Hampshire’s unemployment rate inched up to 7 percent in
December. Labor officials said Tuesday that the state’s
jobless rate increased 0.3 percentage points from November and 2.7 percent
points from the same time last year.