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  2. List of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate

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    Unemployment rate by jurisdiction. Data for all U.S. states, the District of Columbia [4] and Puerto Rico [5] is from June 2023 and September 2021, respectively. Data for Guam is from September 2019, and data for American Samoa is from 2018. Data for the Northern Mariana Islands is from April 2010 (more than ten years old) it is included but ...

  3. Massachusetts Miracle - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Miracle was a period of economic growth in Massachusetts during most of the 1980s. Before then, the state had been hit hard by deindustrialization and resulting unemployment. During the Miracle, the unemployment rate fell from more than 12% in 1975 to less than 3%, which was accompanied by tax reductions and a drastic increase ...

  4. Governorship of Mitt Romney - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment in Massachusetts rose during Romney's first year from a rate of 5.6 percent in January 2003, when he took office, to a peak of 6.0 percent in mid-2003. [72] It then steadily declined over the remainder of his term, ending at 4.6 percent in January 2007, [ 72 ] his last month as governor, for a net improvement in unemployment of 1.0 ...

  5. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.

  6. Massachusetts unemployment claims followed national trend ...

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    U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 235,000 last week, down 10,000 claims from 245,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. Texas saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims ...

  7. Massachusetts posted positive numbers on the job front last ...

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    U.S. unemployment claims rose to 232,000 last week, up 4,000 claims from 228,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. Florida saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims, with ...

  8. Causes of unemployment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Job seekers ratio. Cold job market. Balanced job market. Hot job market. Job creation and unemployment are affected by factors such as aggregate demand, global competition, education, automation, and demographics. These factors can affect the number of workers, the duration of unemployment, and wage rates.

  9. Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce ...

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    The EOLWD missions is to enhance the quality, diversity and stability of Massachusetts' workforce by making available new opportunities and training, protecting the rights of workers, preventing workplace injuries and illnesses, ensuring that businesses are informed of all employment laws impacting them and their employees, providing temporary assistance when employment is interrupted ...