PHOENIX, Arizona — Arizona‘s unemployment rate for October was 4.7 percent, up from 4.6 percent in September. The state Office of Economic Opportunity says the seasonally adjusted labor force increased by just over 16,300 people while Arizona’s economy added 23,300 nonfarm jobs between September and October. The government sector lost 1,200 jobs, below the average […]
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The year is off to a sizzling start for job creation, according to the ADP counts. January added 261,000 positions, a number that was revised upward from the originally reported 246,000. Employment in the private sector surged by 298,000 for the month of February, with goods producers adding 106,000, ADP and Moody’s Analytics said. Construction
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Arizona’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased three-tenths of a percentage point from 5.5% in September to 5.2% in October. The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased one-tenth of a percentage point from 5.0% in September to 4.9% in October. A year ago, the Arizona seasonally adjusted rate was 6.1% and the U.S. rate was 5.0%.
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