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Oct. jobless rates up over the year in 384 of 389 metro areas; payroll jobs down in 234

Jobless rates were higher in October than a year earlier in 384 of the 389 metropolitan areas and lower in 5. Nonfarm payroll employment was down in 234 metropolitan areas over the year and essentially unchanged in 155.

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12/02/2020

County Employment and Wages (QCEW) database now fully updated through 2nd quarter 2020

11/20/2020

October jobless rates down in 37 states, up in 8; payroll jobs up in 32 states, down in 2

11/19/2020

Manufacturing multifactor productivity declines 1.6% in 2019

11/18/2020

Atlantic, NJ, has the largest county over-the-year June employment loss at -34.2%

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Forty years of falling manufacturing employment

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