Reality Check: The Jobs Numbers
Republicans are crying "foul" over new jobs numbers showing the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8 percent - the lowest rate since President Obama took office.
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Republicans are crying "foul" over new jobs numbers showing the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8 percent - the lowest rate since President Obama took office.
Minnesota's unemployment rate edged up last month, though the state stayed below the national jobless rate.
Minnesota employers added 6,800 jobs in July, the second month in a row that the state gained jobs.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the private sector added 172,000 jobs last month, but the unemployment rate went up slightly from 8.2 to 8.3 percent.
Minnesota employers added 7,200 jobs in June, stopping a three-month stretch of job losses. The jobless rate stayed at 5.6 percent for a third month, according to seasonally adjusted figures released Thursday by the Department of Employment and Economic Development.
Minnesota's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May held steady at 5.6 percent.
President Obama is taking heat on the economy from Republican Representative Erik Paulsen. Paulsen delivered this week's G.O.P. address, focusing on how Obama and Congress are once again locked in a fierce debate over the economy. Paulsen also speculated on who's hurting the economy, and how to fix it.
Minnesota's unemployment rate has clocked in at a seasonally adjusted 5.8 percent for March, which remains well below the rate this time last year and the national average.
The Republican Senate staffer fired for an affair with the majority leader had been denied jobless benefits, reports Minnesota Public Radio.
Now that Mitt Romney has seized a decisive and what appears to be an insurmountable lead in the race to win the Republican nomination, new unemployment numbers are casting doubt as to the strength of the recovery.
Minnesota gained 6,200 jobs in February, but the unemployment rate popped up 0.1 percent, according to figures released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
New figures show Minnesota gained 15,500 jobs in January, nudging the state's unemployment rate down a tenth of a point to a seasonally adjusted 5.6 percent.
Minnesota's economy is bouncing back as it added nearly 8,000 jobs in January.
The unemployment rate in Minnesota continued to fall last month in what is being referred to as the state's biggest four-month decrease on record.
Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative Democrats want to give Minnesota businesses a $3,000 tax credit for each unemployed person, veteran or recent college graduate that they hire as a way to push down the state's unemployment rate.
The Twin Cities job market may be about to pick up, according to a new report out by the Manpower workforce firm.
One year to the day before the 2012 election, President Obama is already being judged on his handling of the economy.
Look no further than Nevada -- and this swing voting city -- to understand why President Barack Obama may not win re-election next fall.
Minnesota's jobless rate held steady in August but there were some encouraging trends.
President Barack Obama faces a long re-election campaign having all but given up on the economy rebounding in any meaningful way before November 2012. His own budget office predicts unemployment will stay at about 9 percent, a frightening number for any president seeking a second term.
North Dakota workers with Moorhead-based American Crystal Sugar who are locked out in a contract dispute have been declared ineligible for unemployment benefits.
Unemployment decreased for nearly all Wisconsin's largest cities in July.
Gov. Mark Dayton begins a statewide jobs tour in Fergus Falls on Wednesday.
Minnesota's state government shutdown boosted the unemployment rate last month as the state lost a net 19,800 jobs, mostly due to the government closure.
Minnesota's 20-day government shutdown made the national hiring picture in July a little bit gloomier than it would have been otherwise.
