The last time we checked in on unemployment data for the Seattle area, local data was rapidly catching up to national stats, with statewide unemployment jumping from 4.7 percent in April to 5.3 percent in May, and Seattle-area unemployment bumping up seven-tenths of a percent to 4.1 percent.
Well, it didn’t take long for Washington to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'unemployment'
Local Unemployment On the Rise (Wait, Still?)
August 13th, 2008 · 20 Comments
Categories: News
Tags: economy, Jobs, job_growth, Local Economy, unemployment
Housing Slowdown Begins to Trash Local Economy
June 18th, 2008 · 72 Comments
It looks like the housing bust may have finally caught up to us up here in the Northwest. According to the latest data from the Employment Security Department, unemployment in the Seattle metro area jumped 7/10 of a point last month alone. Here’s an excerpt from the Seattle Times:
Unemployment in Washington state took [...]
Categories: News
Tags: economy, job_growth, unemployment
State Economy Continues to Slow
April 16th, 2008 · 9 Comments
According to the latest data, it looks like the state economy is slowly catching up to the unwinding national economy.
More than 3,000 jobs were lost in Washington last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 4.9 percent, up from a near record low of 4.5 percent in February, the Employment Security Department said Tuesday.
The change is [...]
Categories: News
Tags: DeSilver, economy, Gregoire, James, job_growth, Seattle_PI, Seattle_Times, unemployment
