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CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses lost 100 jobs in August as the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.7 percent. Over the year, jobs were down 6,900 from August 2022 and the unemployment rate was down seven- tenths of a percentage point. Through August, Rhode Island has recovered 94,400 or 87.2 percent of the 108,300 jobs lost during the Covid-19 shutdown. ...

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CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses lost 1,700 jobs in July as the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.8 percent. Over the year, jobs were down 5,600 from July 2022 and the unemployment rate was down four- tenths of a percentage point. Through July, Rhode Island has recovered 94,600 or 87.3 percent of the 108,300 jobs lost during the Covid-19 shutdown. ...

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CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses added 700 jobs in June as the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.9 percent. Over the year, jobs were down 1,900 from June 2022 and the unemployment rate was down two- tenths of a percentage point. Through June, Rhode Island has recovered 96,200 or 88.8 percent of the 108,300 jobs lost during the Covid-19 shutdown. ...

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CRANSTON, R.I. - Today, the Department of Labor and Training announced the new maximum weekly benefit amounts for the two major income support programs it runs for Rhode Island Workers and employers - Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI). ...

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CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses lost 1,200 jobs in May as the state’s unemployment rate remained at 3.0 percent. Over the year, jobs were down 2,100 from May 2022 and the unemployment rate was unchanged. Through May, Rhode Island has recovered 95,300 or 88.0 percent of the 108,300 jobs lost during the Covid-19 shutdown. ...

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CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses lost 3,800 jobs in April as the state’s unemployment rate decreased to 3.0 percent. ...

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CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses lost 700 jobs in March as the state’s unemployment rate remained at 3.1 percent. Over the year jobs were up 7,700 from March 2022 and the unemployment rate was up one-tenth of a percentage point (+0.1). Through March, Rhode Island has recovered 101,600 or 93.8 percent of the 108,300 jobs lost during the Covid-19 shutdown. ...

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CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses added 1,900 jobs in February as the state’s unemployment rate remained at 3.1 percent. Over the year jobs were up 9,400 from February 2022 and the unemployment rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point (-0.1). Through February, Rhode Island has recovered 102,000 or 94.2 percent of the 108,300 jobs lost during the Covid-19 shutdown. ...

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CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses lost 700 jobs in January as the state’s unemployment rate decreased one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.1 percent. Over the year jobs were up 9,200 from January 2022 and the unemployment rate was down four-tenths of a percentage point (-0.4). ...

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CRANSTON, R.I. - The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in December, the Department of Labor and Training announced Thursday. The December rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point from the November rate of 3.6 percent. Last year the rate was 4.5 percent in December. ...

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