Unemployment

From the MailTribune:
As the nation’s economy has plummeted in the last year, Oregon’s unemployment rate has jumped from about 5.5 percent at the end of 2007 to 6.5 percent in August. It dropped slightly in September to 6.4 percent.But Timothy Duy, an economics professor at the University of Oregon, and others predict an unemployment report […]

From the Oregonian:
The creeping tide of job losses that began in February showed no sign of slackening — or accelerating — in July. Figures released Monday showed that Oregon lost another 3,600 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis and saw its unemployment rate jump a half percentage point to 6 percent.Three major industries — construction, […]

From the Oregonian:
Oregon lost jobs in May for a third consecutive month — the first time that’s happened since early 2003 — as the state’s unemployment rate rose to 5.6 percent.Payroll employment dropped by 3,700, on a seasonally adjusted basis, reaching 1,735,200, the lowest level since October. Job losses hit construction, manufacturing and professional and […]

From the Columbian:
The Vancouver-Portland area’s unemployment rate increased to 5.3 percent in March, compared to 5.0 percent in February, according to data released Monday by the Oregon Employment Department.Clark County’s March unemployment rate was 6.9 percent, up from the 6.7 percent February figure.The metropolitan region added 400 jobs in March, with the construction and health […]

From the MailTribune:
The local unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent in March, up from 7.7 percent in February and 6.3 percent in March 2007. The number of unemployed in the labor force rose from 6,312 in March 2007 to 8,109 in March 2008.Jackson County employers continue to create new jobs, but not fast enough to […]

From the Mail Tribune:
Job losses in retail, construction, manufacturing and tourism shot Jackson County’s unemployment rate to 7.6 percent in January, the highest in three years.Employment Department figures showed payroll employment declined by 4,080 jobs in January, with about three-quarters of them lost because of seasonal cutbacks in the retail trade sector. Over the year, […]