Nashville Ranks 33rd Best Nationally For Change In Employment Rate
A New Report Ranks Nashville With The 33rd Best Improvement In Its Unemployment Rate Nationally, But Other Tennessee Cities Didn’t Rank As Highly.
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Unemployment
Tennessee Unemployment Rate Inched Up In August
After Three Consecutive Months Of Steady, Near Record Low Unemployment Across The State, Tennessee’s Jobless Rate Inched Up Slightly In August, According To The Department Of Labor And Workforce Development.
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Low Employment, Inflation, Recession Have Economy At Crossroads
Economists With The Federal Reserve Bank Of St. Louis Say The Labor Market And The Economy Are At A Crossroads.
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Lowest Earning Counties In Tennessee
These Are The Lowest-Earning Counties In Tennessee Using Data From The U.S. Census Bureau. Counties Are Ranked By The Census’ 2020 5-Year Estimate Median Household Income.
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Unemployment Payments Uncertain As Nine State’s Web Host Hacked
Residents Of Some States May Not Get Their Next Unemployment Checks On Time As A Vendor Cyberattack Has Shut Down Their Websites. Officials With The Tennessee Department Of Labor And Workforce Said They Cannot Access Data To Process Unemployment Claims.
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Tennessee Unemployment Inches Up Slightly From Historic Low
Preliminary Data From The Department Of Labor And Workforce Development Indicated Tennessee’s Unemployment Rate For May 2022 Increased Slightly From April’s Record-Breaking Number.
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Economy Adds More Jobs Than Expected, Wages Can’t Keep Up With Inflation
Wage Gains Have Not Kept Pace With Inflation, Which Is Rising At The Fastest Rate In Decades. In Roughly The Last Twelve Months, Energy Costs Have Risen Roughly 30% And Food Prices Have Risen Almost 10%, With The Overall Inflation Rate Much Higher Than The 5.2% Wage Gains.
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Data Shows Only One Tennessee County With An Employment Rate Higher Than 5%
Only One Tennessee County, Perry, Now Has An Unemployment Rate Higher Than 5% According To New Data Released For April From Tennessee’s Department Of Labor And Workforce Development.
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Small Businesses Concerned As Job Openings Hit Record High
The Bureau Of Labor Statistics Released New Data Wednesday Showing That There Were 11.3 Million Open Jobs For The Month Of January, Another New Record High. That Figure Is More Than The Number Of Unemployed Americans, Showing That Many Businesses Are Having Trouble Finding And Keeping Workers.
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February Job Growth Exceeds Expectations
The Latest Jobs Report Released Friday Showed Better Than Expected Numbers For February.
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