Economy and jobs
Minnesota Unemployment Rate Drops to 10-Year Low Against National Rate
The U.S. rate is 1.7 points higher than the Gopher State for the largest percentage point difference since April 1999
Read MoreMinnesota Has 3rd Lowest Increase in Unemployment Nationwide Since Enactment of Federal Stimulus Bill
As it turns out, the three-tenths of a percent decrease in jobless claims announced last week by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is the backdrop to an even larger story of (relatively) good economic news for Minnesotans….
Read MoreUnemployment Down in Minnesota and South Dakota, Flat in Wisconsin
New unemployment data released this week for the month of July in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin provides largely good news on the labor force front in the Upper Midwest. In Minnesota, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 8.4…
Read MoreUnemployment Continues to Rise at Historic Pace Across Upper Midwest
June was not a good month for jobs in the Upper Midwest, with unemployment increasing in Minnesota and three of its four neighboring states – Iowa, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. While unemployment remains below the national average across the region,…
Read MoreSouth Dakota Sets Historic 76 Percent Yearly Increase in Unemployment Mark in June
The South Dakota Department of Labor released new unemployment numbers Wednesday for the month of June – numbers which solidify the past twelve months as the worst stretch in modern history for the Mount Rushmore State’s job market, according to…
Read MoreWhat Goes Up, Goes Down Slowly: A Long Road to Recovering Job Losses in Minnesota
With new unemployment numbers set to be released on Thursday, Minnesotans are bracing for news as to whether the state will continue to follow the leveling-off pattern of job losses from the last 3 months, or whether unemployment will rise…
Read MoreIowa Endures Largest Monthly Increase in Unemployment in Quarter Century
The new numbers released late last week by Iowa Workforce Development continue to highlight the worst employment trend the Hawkeye State has faced in more than three decades. Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 5.1 in April to 5.8…
Read MoreSouth Dakota Unemployment Rate Reaches 5 Percent for First Time Since 1985
New unemployment numbers released by the South Dakota Department of Labor quickly doused the short-lived optimism about the economic situation in the Upper Midwest, which had seen historic increases in the jobless rates across the Upper Midwest halt and slightly…
Read MoreMinneapolis Index Crime Rate Falls 18 Percent from April 2008
The Minneapolis Police Department’s official Uniform Crime Report data for April 2009 finds crime in Minnesota’s largest city down 18 percent from one year ago. The 18 percent 12-month drop is the largest in the city dating back more than…
Read MoreMinnesota and Upper Midwest Being Spared the Worst of US Job Loss Crisis
While Minnesota and the rest of the Upper Midwestern states are still in the midst of enduring some of the largest unemployment rates each has endured for many years, most of the region is historically doing quite well on the…
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