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01.29.2010
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CHAPEL HILL (January 29, 2010) – Labor markets across North Carolina performed poorly in December, according topreliminary data released today by the Employment Security Commission. Last month, 73 counties posted double-digit unemployment rates, and 45 counties recorded unemployment rates of at ...
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01.22.2010
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CHAPEL HILL (January 22, 2010) – The December employment report released today by the Employment Security Commission contains few signs of a recovery in the job market. Since the start of the recession in December 2007, North Carolina has lost ...
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01.08.2010
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CHAPEL HILL (January 8, 2010) – New national employment data for December show that the economy shed 85,000 more positions than it created. Since the recession’s onset in December 2007, over 7 million positions have been eliminated with net job ...
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01.05.2010
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CHAPEL HILL (January 5, 2010) – November brought few positive changes in local employment conditions across North Carolina. Last month, 68 counties posted double-digit unemployment rates; of these, 33 had unemployment rates of at least 12 percent. These findings come ...
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12.18.2009
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CHAPEL HILL (December 18, 2009) -- The November jobs report released today by the Employment Security Commission offers little proof that a labor market recovery is underway.
Last month, North Carolina employers eliminated 8,800 more positions than they added with private-sector ...
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12.04.2009
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CHAPEL HILL (December 4, 2009) – New national employment data show that November was the 22nd-straight month in which the economy shed more jobs than it added. Last month, 11,000 positions were lost, and 10 percent of the labor force was ...
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12.01.2009
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CHAPEL HILL (December 1, 2009) – October saw few positive changes in local employment conditions across North Carolina. Last month, 64 counties posted double-digit rates of unemployment; of those, 30 had unemployment rates of at least 12 percent. These findings come ...
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11.20.2009
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CHAPEL HILL (November 19, 2009) – October’s employment report from the Employment Security Commission offers more evidence that a jobless recovery is taking shape in North Carolina.
Last month, North Carolina employers added 12,100 more positions than they eliminated. This was the ...
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