CHAPEL HILL (September 18, 2009) – Summer in North Carolina ended with another poor performance by the state’s labor market. In August, the state saw a small drop in in the unemployment rate (-0.1 percentage points) and a slight gain ...
WINSTON-SALEM (September 4, 2009) – By testing the limits of traditional methods of economic and workforce development, the recession is providing North Carolina with an opportunity to deploy a different approach to job creation and skill formation known as jobs-centered ...
CHAPEL HILL (September 4, 2009) – National employment numbers released today show that August was the 20th straight month in which the economy eliminated more jobs than it added. Another 216,000 jobs were lost, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.7 ...
CHAPEL HILL (August 28, 2009) – Despite some small fluctuations in individual county unemployment rates, local labor markets across North Carolina remained extraordinarily weak in July. Last month, 69 counties posted double-digit rates of unemployment; of these, 39 had unemployment ...
CHAPEL HILL (August 21, 2009) – After pausing briefly at the beginning of summer, job loss in North Carolina resumed its upward climb in July. Last month, employers eliminated 26,400 more positions than they created. Furthermore, downward revisions to the ...
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