Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Tweet[IWS] New York's Lowest Unemployment Rate in 3 Years [21 October 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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NY STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES TO LOWEST LEVEL IN 3 YEARS [21 October 2004]
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/agency/pressrel/pruistat.htm
New York States unemployment rate, after seasonal adjustment, was 5.5 percent in September 2004, down from 5.6 percent in August, the State Labor Department reported today. This decreased rate, the states lowest since October 2001, was accompanied by a 19,000 increase in the states labor force. The nations unemployment rate in September was 5.4 percent, unchanged from August. In New York City, the unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 6.9 percent in September 2004, well below the September 2003 rate of 8.5 percent.
The state's seasonally adjusted private sector job count decreased in September by 5,500, or 0.1 percent, to 6,975,600. Nationally, the number of private sector jobs increased by 0.1 percent over the same period.
AND MORE...including TABLES....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
NY STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES TO LOWEST LEVEL IN 3 YEARS [21 October 2004]
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/agency/pressrel/pruistat.htm
New York States unemployment rate, after seasonal adjustment, was 5.5 percent in September 2004, down from 5.6 percent in August, the State Labor Department reported today. This decreased rate, the states lowest since October 2001, was accompanied by a 19,000 increase in the states labor force. The nations unemployment rate in September was 5.4 percent, unchanged from August. In New York City, the unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 6.9 percent in September 2004, well below the September 2003 rate of 8.5 percent.
The state's seasonally adjusted private sector job count decreased in September by 5,500, or 0.1 percent, to 6,975,600. Nationally, the number of private sector jobs increased by 0.1 percent over the same period.
AND MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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