SiteTitle • | December Unemployment Unchanged at 8.7 Percent | [X] |
| 1: | | Title: | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 January 17 | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | Description: | The December 2012 unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.7 percent, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). The data is seasonally adjusted. One year ago, the December rate was 9.7 percent. Total payrolls decreased -7,600 in December 2012, nearly one-third of which were temporary layoffs with return-to-work dates in January, 2013. | | | Date Created: | 01 17 2013 | | | Agency ID: | 49**13 | | | ISL ID: | 000000046294 Original UID: 25840 FIRST WORD: December | |
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