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Archived articles from The Editor’s Desk— Unemployment

Mass layoffs in April 2013 (05/23/2013)
Barriers to employment for persons with a disability (05/22/2013)
State employment and unemployment, April 2013 (05/21/2013)
Extended mass layoff events and separations, first quarter 2013 (05/14/2013)
Number of discouraged workers down by 133,000 from last year, April 2013 (05/07/2013)
Employment and unemployment in Mountain states metropolitan areas, March 2013 (05/02/2013)
Mass layoffs in March 2013 (04/25/2013)
Unemployment by state, March 2013 (04/24/2013)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, February 2013 (04/11/2013)
Duration of unemployment in March 2013 (04/09/2013)
The job market for recent college graduates in the United States (04/05/2013)
State unemployment rates in February 2013 (04/03/2013)
Mass layoffs in February 2013 (03/27/2013)
Metropolitan area unemployment, January 2013 (03/26/2013)
Unemployment among veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces declines in 2012 (03/22/2013)
States with lower-than-national unemployment rates (03/20/2013)
Annual hires and separations, 2012 (03/13/2013)
Unemployment rate by major worker group, February 2013 (03/12/2013)
International unemployment rates, January 2013 (03/08/2013)
Annual average unemployment rates declined in 2013 (03/04/2013)
Mass layoffs in January 2013 (02/27/2013)
Extended mass layoffs, fourth quarter 2012 (02/15/2013)
Job openings, hires, and separations in December 2012 (02/13/2013)
19 major work stoppages and 1.1 million days idle in 2012 (02/11/2013)
Unemployment rate 7.9 percent in January (02/05/2013)
Metropolitan area unemployment, December 2012 (02/01/2013)
Metropolitan division employment, December 2012 (01/31/2013)
Gross job gains and losses, second quarter of 2012 (01/30/2013)
Mass layoffs in 2012 (01/28/2013)
International unemployment rates, November 2012 (01/25/2013)
Texas has largest over-the-year employment increase; Nevada has largest unemployment rate decrease (01/22/2013)
Employment and unemployment in large metropolitan areas, November 2012 (01/09/2013)
Unemployment by sex and age, December 2012 (01/08/2013)
Reasons for extended mass layoffs, 2009–2011 (01/04/2013)
State employment and unemployment, November 2012 (12/31/2012)
Mass layoffs in November 2012 (12/28/2012)
Employment and unemployment experience of the U.S. population in 2011 (12/27/2012)
Job openings for total nonfarm are little changed in October 2012 (12/12/2012)
Unemployment rate edges down in November 2012 (12/11/2012)
Unemployment rate lower than the U.S. rate in 213 metropolitan areas in October (11/30/2012)
Mass layoffs in October 2012 (11/27/2012)
State unemployment rates, October 2012 (11/26/2012)
Job gains increase, job losses decline in Q1 2012 (11/21/2012)
Extended mass layoffs, third quarter 2012 (11/20/2012)
Veterans in the civilian labor force, 2011 (11/09/2012)
Job openings and labor turnover in September 2012 (11/07/2012)
Metropolitan division employment and unemployment, September 2012 (11/01/2012)
Mass layoffs in September 2012 (10/24/2012)
State unemployment rates, September 2012 (10/23/2012)
Unemployment rate demographics, September 2012 (10/10/2012)
Unemployment rates in baseball playoff metro areas, August 2012 (10/05/2012)
International unemployment rates, July 2012 (10/03/2012)
State employment and unemployment, August 2012 (09/25/2012)
Mass layoffs in August 2012 (09/24/2012)
Producer Price Index in August 2012 (09/14/2012)
Import and export prices up in August 2012 (09/13/2012)
Job openings in July 2012 (09/12/2012)
Unemployment and labor force participation rates down in August 2012 (09/11/2012)
Racial and ethnic characteristics of the U.S. labor force, 2011 (09/05/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, July 2012 (08/30/2012)
Employment status of displaced workers (08/28/2012)
Mass layoffs in July 2012 (08/24/2012)
State unemployment rates, July 2012 (08/20/2012)
Extended mass layoffs, second quarter 2012 (08/10/2012)
Employment and unemployment in July 2012 (08/06/2012)
Gross job gains and losses in the fourth quarter of 2011 (08/03/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, June 2012 (08/02/2012)
International unemployment rates by age group, 2011 (07/27/2012)
State unemployment rates little changed in June (07/25/2012)
Mass layoffs in June 2012 (07/23/2012)
Unemployment in June 2012 (07/10/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, May 2012 (06/28/2012)
Unemployment among persons with a disability, 2011 (06/25/2012)
Mass layoffs in May 2012 (06/21/2012)
State unemployment rates, May 2012 (06/19/2012)
International unemployment rates, March 2012 (06/11/2012)
The employment situation in May 2012 (06/04/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, April 2012 (05/31/2012)
Employment status of the foreign born and native born by age, 2011 (05/29/2012)
Mass layoffs in April 2012 (05/23/2012)
State employment and unemployment, April 2012 (05/21/2012)
Extended mass layoff events in manufacturing, first quarter 2012 (05/18/2012)
Unemployment among families, 2011 (05/08/2012)
The employment situation in April 2012 (05/07/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, March 2012 (05/03/2012)
Gross job gains and losses, third quarter 2011 (05/02/2012)
Mass layoffs in March 2012 (04/25/2012)
Length of job search for the unemployed (04/24/2012)
State unemployment rates, March 2012 (04/23/2012)
Unemployment rates lower from February 2011 to 2012 (04/18/2012)
The employment situation in March 2012 (04/09/2012)
Working poor rate 7.2 percent in 2010 (04/05/2012)
Unemployment by geographic region and division, February 2012 (04/02/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, January 2012 (03/28/2012)
Mass layoffs in February 2012 (03/26/2012)
Employment Situation of Veterans — 2011 (03/23/2012)
State unemployment rates, 2011 (03/13/2012)
Payroll employment increases by 227,000 in February 2012 (03/12/2012)
State employment-population ratios in 2011 (03/01/2012)
Mass layoffs in January 2012 (02/24/2012)
Gross job gains and job losses in the second quarter of 2011 (02/14/2012)
Extended mass layoff events, 2011 (02/13/2012)
Young adults at school and work (02/10/2012)
Major work stoppages in 2011 (02/09/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, December 2011 (02/07/2012)
Employment and unemployment in January 2012 (02/06/2012)
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, 2011 (01/31/2012)
Mass layoff events and initial claims decline in 2011 (01/27/2012)
State employment and unemployment, December 2011 (01/25/2012)
Women’s earnings as a percent of men’s in 2010 (01/10/2012)
Unemployment rate falls to 8.5 percent in December 2011 (01/09/2012)
Metro area employment and unemployment, November 2011 (01/05/2012)
Mass layoffs in November 2011 (12/28/2011)
Women in the labor force, 2010 (12/23/2011)
State employment and unemployment, November 2011 (12/22/2011)
Job openings and labor turnover in October 2011 (12/15/2011)
Educational attainment and unemployment among Asians in the United States (12/14/2011)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, October 2011 (12/08/2011)
Unemployment rate falls to 8.6 percent in November 2011 (12/05/2011)
State employment and unemployment, October 2011 (11/29/2011)
Mass layoffs and initial claims decrease in October 2011 (11/28/2011)
In 2011, first quarter gross job losses at lowest level since series began in 1992 (11/25/2011)
Extended mass layoff events and separations, third quarter 2011 (11/16/2011)
Job openings and labor turnover in September 2011 (11/15/2011)
Employment and unemployment in the Midwest, September 2011 (11/09/2011)
Unemployment rate at 9.0 percent in October 2011 (11/07/2011)
Mass layoffs in September 2011 (10/31/2011)
State employment and unemployment, September 2011 (10/28/2011)
Job openings, hires, and separations rates in August 2011 (10/17/2011)
Displaced workers by industry (10/12/2011)
Unemployment in September 2011 (10/11/2011)
Unemployment rates by race and ethnicity, 2010 (10/05/2011)
Metropolitan area unemployment rates comparison, August 2011 (10/03/2011)
Mass layoffs in August 2011 (09/27/2011)
State unemployment rates, August 2011 (09/23/2011)
Employment dynamics during and after the 2007–2009 recession (09/15/2011)
Job openings and labor turnover in July 2011 (09/12/2011)
Unemployment rate 9.1 percent in August 2011 (09/08/2011)
Employment and unemployment in the Northeast, July 2011 (09/06/2011)
Interactive dashboards from International Labor Comparisons (09/01/2011)
Youth employment in July 2011 (08/26/2011)
July mass layoff events and initial claims about the same as June (08/25/2011)
State unemployment rates, July 2011 (08/24/2011)
Extended mass layoff events, second quarter 2011 (08/15/2011)
Unemployment in July 2011 (08/10/2011)
Unemployment in large U.S. metropolitan areas, June 2011 (08/08/2011)
Job gains and losses by firm size, fourth quarter 2010 (08/04/2011)
Changes in state unemployment rates: June 2010–June 2011 (07/27/2011)
Mass layoffs in June 2011 (07/25/2011)
Job openings and labor turnover in May 2011 (07/14/2011)
Unemployment rate at 9.2 percent in June 2011 (07/12/2011)
Extended mass layoffs and occupational employment, 1999–2008 (07/07/2011)
Metropolitan area unemployment rates, May 2011 (07/05/2011)
Initial claims for unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs by region, May 2011 (06/23/2011)
Over-the-year changes in state unemployment rates, May 2010–2011 (06/22/2011)
Unemployment rate at 9.1 percent in May 2011 (06/08/2011)
Employment and unemployment in the Southwest, April 2011 (06/03/2011)
Duration of unemployment, 1994–2010 (06/02/2011)
West reports highest regional unemployment rate, April 2011 (05/26/2011)
Mass layoffs in April 2011 (05/24/2011)
Extended mass layoffs, first quarter 2011 (05/16/2011)
Unemployment rate at 9.0 percent in April 2011 (05/10/2011)
Gross job gains and losses in the third quarter of 2010 (05/05/2011)
Metropolitan area unemployment in March 2011 (04/29/2011)
Mass layoffs in March 2011 (04/26/2011)
State unemployment rates, March 2011 (04/22/2011)
Unemployment in metropolitan areas, February 2011 (04/11/2011)
Unemployment in March 2011 (04/06/2011)
State unemployment rates, February 2011 (03/30/2011)
Employment characteristics of families, 2010 (03/28/2011)
Mass layoffs in February 2011 (03/24/2011)
Employment and unemployment in the Southeast, January 2011 (03/23/2011)
Unemployment rates of veterans, 2010 (03/16/2011)
State unemployment rates, January 2011 (03/14/2011)
Duration of unemployment in February 2011 (03/08/2011)
State unemployment rates in 2010 (03/01/2011)
State employment-population ratio declines, 2010 (02/28/2011)
Mass layoff initial claims by industry, January 2011 (02/25/2011)
Extended mass layoffs, fourth quarter 2010 (02/15/2011)
Unemployment rate declines to 9.0 percent in January 2011 (02/09/2011)
Employment and unemployment in the West, December 2010 (02/04/2011)
Job gains exceed job losses for first time since December 2007 (02/03/2011)
Mass layoffs in 2010 (01/31/2011)
Regional and State unemployment rates, December 2009 to December 2010 (01/27/2011)
Unemployment in December 2010 (01/11/2011)
Metropolitan area unemployment in November 2010 (01/07/2011)
Women in the labor force, 1970–2009 (01/05/2011)
Share of long-term unemployment in States, 2007–09 (01/04/2011)
Mass layoff initial claims in manufacturing, November 2010 (12/29/2010)
State unemployment rates, November 2009 to November 2010 (12/27/2010)
Employment and unemployment in the Midwest, October 2010 (12/10/2010)
Unemployment in November 2010 (12/07/2010)
Mass layoff events and initial claims by industry, October 2010 (12/02/2010)
State unemployment rates, October 2010 (12/01/2010)
Gross job gains and losses in the first quarter of 2010 (11/29/2010)
Long-term unemployment rate remains high in 2010 (11/17/2010)
Over-the-year declines in extended mass layoffs (11/16/2010)
Unemployment in October 2010 (11/10/2010)
Unemployment in large U.S. metropolitan areas, September 2010 (11/05/2010)
Decreases in mass layoff initial claims in September 2010 (10/29/2010)
Unemployment by geographic region and division, September 2010 (10/27/2010)
Unemployment rate demographics, September 2010 (10/13/2010)
Job openings for total nonfarm are little changed in August 2010 (10/08/2010)
Metropolitan area unemployment in August 2010 (10/05/2010)
Mass layoffs in August 2010 (09/30/2010)
Over-the-year changes in State unemployment rates (09/29/2010)
Unemployment in August 2010 (09/14/2010)
Unemployment in large U.S. metropolitan areas, July 2010 (09/09/2010)
Youth employment and unemployment in July 2010 (09/03/2010)
Reemployment rates of displaced workers, January 2010 (09/02/2010)
State unemployment rates, July 2010 (08/27/2010)
Mass layoff initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2010 (08/25/2010)
Gross job gains and losses in the fourth quarter of 2009 (08/23/2010)
Hires and separation rates, government and private industry, June 2010 (08/16/2010)
Extended mass layoffs, second quarter 2010 (08/13/2010)
Unemployment in July 2010 (08/11/2010)
Metropolitan area unemployment rates, June 2010 (08/02/2010)
Mass layoff initial claimants in manufacturing, June 2010 (07/28/2010)
State unemployment rates, June 2010 (07/23/2010)
Unemployment in June 2010 (07/07/2010)
Employment and unemployment in New England, May 2010 (07/02/2010)
Mass layoff events and initial claims, May 2010 (06/30/2010)
State unemployment rates, May 2010 (06/28/2010)
Employment and unemployment of fathers without spouses (06/18/2010)
Unemployment in May 2010 (06/10/2010)
Metropolitan area over-the-year unemployment rate changes, April 2010 (06/07/2010)
Families with unemployed members in 2009 (06/01/2010)
State over-the-month and over-the-year unemployment rate changes, April 2010 (05/28/2010)
Mass layoffs in April 2010 (05/26/2010)
Job losses decline in the third quarter of 2009 (05/25/2010)
Record decreases in extended mass layoffs, 2009 Q1 (05/14/2010)
Unemployment in April 2010 (05/12/2010)
Unemployment in large metropolitan areas, March 2010 (04/30/2010)
Mass layoff initial claimants for unemployment insurance, March 2010 (04/26/2010)
State unemployment rates, March 2010 (04/22/2010)
Metropolitan area over-the-year unemployment rate changes, February 2010 (04/09/2010)
Unemployment in March 2010 (04/06/2010)
Geography of unemployment, February 2010 (04/01/2010)
Mass layoff events and initial claims down in February 2010 (03/30/2010)
Metropolitan area unemployment rates, January 2010 (03/29/2010)
Unemployment rates for foreign-born workers, 2009 (03/24/2010)
State unemployment rates and over-the-month employment changes, January 2010 (03/12/2010)
Unemployment in February 2010 (03/10/2010)
State employment-population ratio declines, 2008–09 (03/05/2010)
Mass layoff events and initial claims up in January 2010 (03/03/2010)
Gross job gains and losses in the second quarter of 2009 (03/02/2010)
Extended mass layoffs in 2009 (02/23/2010)
Unemployment in January 2010 (02/17/2010)
Mass layoffs in 2009 (02/02/2010)
State unemployment rate increases, December 2008–December 2009 (01/28/2010)
Hires and separation rates, November 2009 (01/15/2010)
Long-term unemployment in December 2009 (01/14/2010)
Unemployment in large metropolitan areas, November 2009 (01/13/2010)
Work-experience unemployment rate, 2008 (01/06/2010)
Labor force demographics, 2008 (01/05/2010)
Mass layoff events and initial claims decrease in November (12/30/2009)
Unemployment by geographic region and division, November 2009 (12/29/2009)
Unemployment in November 2009 (12/08/2009)
Metropolitan area employment: October 2008–09 (12/03/2009)
State unemployment rates, October 2009 (11/27/2009)
Mass layoffs and initial claims in October 2009 (11/24/2009)
Gross job gains and losses in the first quarter of 2009 (11/23/2009)
Hires and separation rates unchanged in September 2009 (11/16/2009)
Extended mass layoffs, third quarter 2009 (11/13/2009)
Unemployment in October 2009 (11/10/2009)
Metropolitan area employment: September 2008–09 (10/30/2009)
Unemployment in large metropolitan areas, September 2009 (10/29/2009)
Mass layoffs in September 2009 (10/28/2009)
State unemployment rates in September 2009 (10/26/2009)
Unemployment in September 2009 (10/06/2009)
Metropolitan area employment, August 2009 (10/02/2009)
Metropolitan area over-the-year unemployment rate increases, August 2009 (10/01/2009)
Mass layoff initial claims, August 2009 (09/24/2009)
Geography of unemployment, August 2009 (09/21/2009)
Unemployment rate demographics, August 2009 (09/04/2009)
Metropolitan area unemployment: July 2008–09 (09/02/2009)
Youth unemployment and employment in July 2009 (08/28/2009)
Mass layoff events and initial claims decrease in July (08/25/2009)
Gross job gains and losses in the fourth quarter of 2008 (08/21/2009)
Extended mass layoffs in the second quarter of 2009 (08/13/2009)
Unemployment rates of men and women in July 2009 (08/10/2009)
International comparison of youth unemployment rates in recent decades (08/04/2009)
Large metropolitan areas and unemployment in June 2009 (07/30/2009)
Mass Layoffs in June 2009 (07/24/2009)
State unemployment rates: June 2009 (07/21/2009)
Payroll employment in June 2009 (07/07/2009)
Unemployment and demographics in June 2009 (07/06/2009)
Metro areas with lowest unemployment rates in May 2009 (07/02/2009)
Metro areas with highest unemployment rates in May 2009 (07/01/2009)
Mass layoff actions reach peak again in May 2009 (06/24/2009)
States with the largest increases in unemployment rates, May 2008-May 2009 (06/22/2009)
Unemployment rate in May 2009 (06/09/2009)
Job openings, hires, and separations in 2008 (06/02/2009)
Employment and married-couple families in 2008 (05/28/2009)
States with the highest unemployment rates, April 2009 (05/27/2009)
Mass layoff events and initial claims decrease in April (05/26/2009)
Gross job gains and losses in the third quarter of 2008 (05/20/2009)
Unemployment in April 2009 (05/12/2009)
Flows into and out of employment in recent recessions (05/06/2009)
Metro areas with highest unemployment rates in March (04/30/2009)
Mass layoffs reach high in March 2009 (04/24/2009)
Unemployment rates higher in all 50 states in March 2009 than a year ago (04/20/2009)
Unemployment rate in March 2009 (04/06/2009)
Education levels and unemployment at end of 2008 (04/01/2009)
Unemployment and foreign-born workers, 2008 (03/27/2009)
Mass layoffs by region, February 2009 (03/24/2009)
Unemployment and veterans who served since September 2001 (03/23/2009)
Unemployment and demographics in February 2009 (03/10/2009)
2007-08 changes in State unemployment rates (03/03/2009)
Highest State unemployment rates in 2008 (03/02/2009)
Mass layoffs by industry in January 2009 (02/26/2009)
Gross job gains and losses: second quarter 2008 (02/25/2009)
Extended mass layoffs in 2008 (02/18/2009)
Extended mass layoffs reach high in fourth quarter 2008 (02/17/2009)
Quits as a percentage of separations, December 2008 (02/11/2009)
Increase in unemployment rate in January 2009 (02/10/2009)
Mass layoffs in 2008 (01/29/2009)
Unemployment rates by state in December 2008 (01/28/2009)
Unemployment in December 2008 (01/13/2009)
Work-experience unemployment rate in 2007 (12/23/2008)
Mass layoff events in November 2008 (12/22/2008)
Unemployment rates by sex, November 2008 (12/09/2008)
Quarterly job gains and losses, March 2008 (11/25/2008)
Mass layoffs, October 2008 (11/24/2008)
Reason for extended mass layoffs, third quarter 2008 (11/18/2008)
Unemployment in October 2008 (11/10/2008)
Mass layoff actions in September 2008 (10/23/2008)
Reasons for extended mass layoff events in the New York area, 1996-2006 (10/10/2008)
Unemployment and demographics in September 2008 (10/07/2008)
Mass layoff events in August 2008 (09/24/2008)
Over-the-month changes in State unemployment rates, August 2008 (09/22/2008)
Unemployment in August 2008 (09/08/2008)
Unemployment among youth, Summer 2008 (08/29/2008)
Displaced workers’ earnings at new jobs, January 2008 (08/27/2008)
Mass layoffs in July 2008 (08/25/2008)
Reason for job losses among displaced workers (08/22/2008)
Gross job gains and losses: fourth quarter 2007 (08/19/2008)
Extended mass layoffs by industry, second quarter 2008 (08/18/2008)
Unemployment in July 2008 (08/04/2008)
Mass layoffs in manufacturing, June 2008 (07/24/2008)
The unemployment rate and beyond (07/11/2008)
Unemployment rate unchanged in June 2008 (07/08/2008)
Employment and unemployment from age 18 to age 42 (07/01/2008)
Mass layoffs, May 2008 (06/23/2008)
Increase in unemployment rate in May 2008 (06/09/2008)
Families and unemployment, 2007 (06/03/2008)
Married-couple families and employment, 2007 (06/01/2008)
Mass layoffs down in April 2008 (05/23/2008)
Job losses and gains in the third quarter of 2007 (05/22/2008)
Extended mass layoffs by industry, first quarter 2008 (05/19/2008)
Unemployment demographics, April 2008 (05/06/2008)
Unemployment rate 26.9 percent among recent dropouts (04/30/2008)
Recent high school graduates and labor force participation, October 2007 (04/29/2008)
Initial claims for unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs, March 2008 (04/24/2008)
Unemployment in 2007 (04/23/2008)
Unemployment and young veterans, 2007 (04/11/2008)
Unemployment rate up in March 2008 (04/07/2008)
Foreign-born workers and unemployment, 2007 (03/27/2008)
Mass layoffs up in February (03/24/2008)
Hires and separations in 2007 (03/13/2008)
Unemployment rates by demographics, February 2008 (03/11/2008)
2006-07 changes in State unemployment rates (03/05/2008)
Highest State unemployment rates in 2007 (03/04/2008)
Lowest State unemployment rates in 2007 (03/03/2008)
Initial claims for unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs in January 2008 (02/28/2008)
Extended mass layoffs, 2007 (02/26/2008)
Extended mass layoffs by industry, fourth quarter 2007 (02/15/2008)
Unemployment and age, January 2008 (02/05/2008)
Mass layoffs in 2007 (01/25/2008)
States with lowest unemployment rates in December 2007 (01/22/2008)
Unemployment and labor force participation at the end of 2007 (01/08/2008)
Work-experience unemployment rate in 2006 (01/02/2008)
Duration of unemployment, 2006 (12/27/2007)
Layoffs in November (12/26/2007)
Unemployment rate in November 2007 (12/10/2007)
Layoffs in October 2007 (11/23/2007)
Job losses and gains by industry, first quarter of 2007 (11/20/2007)
Extended mass layoffs in the third quarter of 2007 (11/19/2007)
Unemployment in October 2007 (11/06/2007)
Layoffs by region in September 2007 (10/24/2007)
Unemployment in September 2007 (10/09/2007)
Layoffs in August 2007 (09/24/2007)
Unemployment rate in August 2007 (09/11/2007)
Gross job gains and losses by State (08/31/2007)
Unemployment among youth, Summer 2007 (08/26/2007)
Layoffs by region in July 2007 (08/24/2007)
Job losses and gains in the fourth quarter of 2006 (08/17/2007)
Unemployment rates by demographics, July 2007 (08/07/2007)
Layoffs in June 2007 (07/23/2007)
Unemployment rate in June 2007 (07/09/2007)
Mass layoff events in May 2007 (06/25/2007)
Unemployment rates by demographics, May 2007 (06/05/2007)
Mass layoffs in April 2007 (05/24/2007)
Gross job gains and losses: third quarter 2006 (05/21/2007)
Extended mass layoffs in the first quarter of 2007 (05/17/2007)
Families and unemployment, 2006 (05/15/2007)
Married-couple families and employment, 2006 (05/10/2007)
Unemployment in April 2007 (05/07/2007)
Recent high school graduates and labor force participation (05/02/2007)
Foreign-born workers and unemployment, 2006 (04/26/2007)
Initial claims for unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs, March 2007 (04/23/2007)
Quits as a percentage of separations (04/11/2007)
Unemployment rate in March 2007 (04/09/2007)
Mass layoffs up in February (03/23/2007)
2005-06 changes in State unemployment rates (03/22/2007)
Unemployment rate in February 2007 (03/13/2007)
States with highest unemployment rates in 2006 (03/06/2007)
Lowest State unemployment rates in 2006 (03/05/2007)
Layoffs in January 2007 (02/26/2007)
Job growth by firm size: second quarter 2006 (02/15/2007)
Extended mass layoffs, 2006 (02/14/2007)
Length of unemployment, 2005 (02/13/2007)
Unemployment rates by demographics, January 2007 (02/06/2007)
Layoffs in December 2006 (01/25/2007)
States with lowest unemployment rates in December 2006 (01/24/2007)
Unemployment and labor force participation at the end of 2006 (01/09/2007)
Mass layoffs by region in November (12/26/2006)
Mass layoffs up in November (12/22/2006)
Payroll employment in November (12/12/2006)
Unemployment rates and demographic groups in November 2006 (12/11/2006)
Employment trends in residential and nonresidential construction (11/30/2006)
Differences between women’s and men’s unemployment rates over the decades (11/28/2006)
Mass layoffs in October 2006 (11/27/2006)
Gross job gains and losses: first quarter 2006 (11/22/2006)
Reasons for extended layoff separations, third quarter of 2006 (11/16/2006)
Unemployment rate in October 2006 (11/06/2006)
Mass layoffs in September (10/26/2006)
Unemployment of second- and third-and-higher-generation Americans (10/13/2006)
Unemployment rate in September 2006 (10/11/2006)
Mass layoffs in August (09/22/2006)
Gross job gains and losses: fourth quarter 2005 (09/08/2006)
The labor market impact of Hurricane Katrina (08/31/2006)
Youth unemployment, Summer 2006 (08/29/2006)
Mass layoffs in July (08/24/2006)
Displaced and reemployed workers by industry, January 2006 (08/22/2006)
Displaced workers, 2003-05: reason for job loss (08/18/2006)
Unemployment rates and demographics, July 2006 (08/07/2006)
Mass layoffs by industry, June 2006 (07/21/2006)
Unemployment rates and demographic groups in June 2006 (07/11/2006)
Mass layoffs in May (06/23/2006)
Unemployment rate in May 2006 (06/06/2006)
Unemployment among Gulf War veterans (06/01/2006)
Unemployment rates of veterans, 2005 (05/30/2006)
Earnings of workers in occupations with the largest number of employees (05/25/2006)
Mass-layoff initial claims for unemployment insurance, April 2006 (05/24/2006)
Gross job gains and losses in the third quarter of 2005 (05/19/2006)
Extended mass layoffs, first quarter 2006 (05/12/2006)
Unemployment rate in April 2006 (05/08/2006)
Families and unemployment, 2005 (05/04/2006)
Mass-layoff initial claims for unemployment insurance by State, March 2006 (04/21/2006)
Foreign born and unemployment, 2005 (04/17/2006)
Layoffs and discharges rate, February 2006 (04/12/2006)
Unemployment in March 2006 (04/11/2006)
Over half of job separations are quits (04/07/2006)
Duration of unemployment in 2005 (04/04/2006)
Unemployment in 2005 (04/03/2006)
Recent high school graduates and the work force (03/29/2006)
Unemployment rate 32.9 percent among recent dropouts (03/28/2006)
Mass layoffs by industry, February 2006 (03/23/2006)
Annual hires, total separations, and quits rates, 2001 – 2005 (03/15/2006)
Unemployment in February (03/14/2006)
2004 – 2005 changes in State unemployment rates (03/07/2006)
States with highest unemployment rates in 2005 (03/06/2006)
Fewer workers idled by work stoppages in 2005 (03/03/2006)
Lowest State unemployment rate: Hawaii (03/02/2006)
Long-term unemployment in recent recessions (02/28/2006)
Mass layoffs in January (02/27/2006)
Gross job gains and losses in the second quarter of 2005 (02/16/2006)
Reason for unemployment, 2005 (02/15/2006)
Extended mass layoff events, fourth quarter 2005 (02/13/2006)
Separations due to mass layoffs, 2005 (02/10/2006)
Unemployment down in January (02/06/2006)
Mass layoffs in December (01/27/2006)
Mass layoffs in 2005 (01/26/2006)
December unemployment rates of Hurricane Katrina evacuees (01/10/2006)
Fewer experience unemployment (12/27/2005)
Mass layoffs in November (12/23/2005)
Unemployment in November 2005 (12/06/2005)
Layoffs in October 2005 (11/25/2005)
Gross job gains and losses in the first quarter of 2005 (11/21/2005)
Extended mass layoffs, third quarter 2005 (11/18/2005)
Unemployment rates for Hurricane Katrina evacuees (11/08/2005)
Post-hurricane claims for unemployment compensation (10/26/2005)
State unemployment rates in September 2005 (10/24/2005)
Unemployment up in September 2005 (10/12/2005)
Unemployment insurance claims due to mass layoffs, August 2005 (09/26/2005)
Separations in July 2005 (09/09/2005)
Unemployment rate in August 2005 (09/06/2005)
Retirement plans in 2005 (08/25/2005)
Layoffs in July 2005 (08/24/2005)
Unemployment among youth, Summer 2005 (08/23/2005)
Gross job gains and losses in the fourth quarter of 2004 (08/19/2005)
Extended mass layoffs in second quarter 2005 (08/12/2005)
Unemployment in July 2005 (08/08/2005)
Mass layoffs and geography, June 2005 (07/27/2005)
Unemployment rate trending down (07/11/2005)
May 2005 layoffs by region (06/27/2005)
Initial claims for unemployment insurance due to layoffs, May 2005 (06/24/2005)
Unemployment rate in May 2005 (06/07/2005)
Layoffs in April 2005 (05/31/2005)
Gross job gains and losses: third quarter 2004 (05/25/2005)
Foreign-born labor force participation (05/24/2005)
The size of layoffs in the first quarter of 2005 (05/20/2005)
Unemployment rates and demographics, April 2005 (05/09/2005)
States and mass layoffs in March 2005 (04/27/2005)
Decline in lengthy periods of unemployment in 2004 (04/25/2005)
Unemployment rate 39.9 percent among recent dropouts (04/06/2005)
Unemployment in March 2005 (04/04/2005)
Layoffs fall in February 2005 (03/25/2005)
Unemployment rates in metropolitan divisions, January 2005 (03/18/2005)
Changes in State unemployment rates in 2004 (03/15/2005)
States with highest unemployment rate in 2004: Alaska and Oregon (03/14/2005)
State with lowest unemployment rate in 2004: Hawaii (03/11/2005)
Unemployment in February 2005 (03/08/2005)
New seasonally adjusted mass layoffs statistics (02/28/2005)
Extended mass layoffs in fourth quarter of 2004 (02/23/2005)
Extended mass layoff events in 2004 (02/17/2005)
Gross job gains and losses in the second quarter of 2004 (02/16/2005)
Unemployment rate decreases in January 2005 (02/07/2005)
Academia, agriculture, and metropolitan area unemployment rates (02/03/2005)
Mass layoffs down again in 2004 (01/27/2005)
Over-the-year changes in State unemployment rates, December 2004 (01/26/2005)
Unemployment rate unchanged in December 2004 (01/11/2005)
Experiencing unemployment in 2003 (12/29/2004)
Job openings and the Help-Wanted Index (12/28/2004)
Unemployment insurance claims due to mass layoffs in November (12/27/2004)
Unemployment in November 2004 (12/06/2004)
Initial claims for unemployment insurance by region, October 2004 (11/26/2004)
Extended mass layoffs down in second quarter of 2004 (11/18/2004)
Unemployment rate in October 2004 (11/09/2004)
Mass layoffs in September (10/22/2004)
Shrinking employment in the information sector by State, March 2003–04 (10/19/2004)
Unemployment in September 2004 (10/13/2004)
Layoffs in August 2004 (09/24/2004)
Unemployment rate in August 2004 (09/07/2004)
Layoff events in July 2004 (09/01/2004)
Unemployment among youth this summer (08/25/2004)
Unemployment in July 2004 (08/10/2004)
Manufacturing employment in July (08/09/2004)
Displaced workers’ earnings at new jobs (08/06/2004)
Gross job gains and losses in the fourth quarter, 2003 (08/04/2004)
Displaced workers: reason for job loss (08/03/2004)
Reemployment of displaced workers by age, January 2004 (08/02/2004)
Unemployment rates of veterans (07/29/2004)
Unemployment insurance claimants by region (07/23/2004)
Unemployment rates by age and the baby boom (07/22/2004)
Displacement rates and occupations (07/14/2004)
Displacement rates by industry (07/13/2004)
Displacement rates and demographics, 1999-2000 (07/12/2004)
Unemployment rate unchanged in June (07/07/2004)
Payroll employment in June 2004 (07/06/2004)
9/11 and the New York City economy (07/01/2004)
Mass layoffs lower in May 2004 (06/24/2004)
Layoffs and relocations (06/15/2004)
Unemployment rate in May 2004 (06/08/2004)
Manufacturing employment up in May (06/07/2004)
Fewer separated in mass layoffs in most regions (06/02/2004)
Mass layoffs in April 2004 (05/27/2004)
Fewer information technology layoffs in first quarter (05/25/2004)
Gross job gains and losses in the third quarter of 2003 (05/24/2004)
Extended mass layoffs decline in first quarter of 2004 (05/19/2004)
Payroll employment in April (05/11/2004)
Unemployment in April 2004 (05/10/2004)
Mass layoffs in March 2004 (04/26/2004)
Families and unemployment, 2003 (04/21/2004)
Education levels and unemployment at end of 2003 (04/13/2004)
Manufacturing employment in March (04/06/2004)
Unemployment rate 5.7 percent in March (04/05/2004)
Mass layoffs down in February 2004 (03/25/2004)
Changes in unemployment rates by region in January (03/11/2004)
Payroll employment in February (03/09/2004)
Unemployment rate unchanged in February (03/08/2004)
South Dakota had lowest unemployment rate again in 2003 (03/03/2004)
Highest unemployment rate in 2003: Oregon (03/01/2004)
Mass layoffs up in January 2004 (02/26/2004)
Extended mass layoffs in 2003 (02/18/2004)
Extended mass layoffs lower in fourth quarter (02/13/2004)
Unemployment rate in January (02/09/2004)
San Jose had biggest unemployment rate drop in 2003 (02/05/2004)
Fewer layoffs in 2003 (02/02/2004)
Gross job gains and losses in the second quarter of 2003 (01/29/2004)
Lowest unemployment rates in December 2003: North and South Dakota (01/28/2004)
Mass layoffs in December 2003 (01/23/2004)
Payroll employment flat in December (01/13/2004)
Demographics of unemployment, December 2003 (01/12/2004)
Extent of unemployment in 2002 (01/06/2004)
Mass layoffs by industry sector, November 2003 (12/30/2003)
Unemployment rate in November (12/09/2003)
Manufacturing employment in November (12/08/2003)
Mass-layoff initial claims lower in October 2003 (12/01/2003)
Gross job gains and losses in the first quarter (11/26/2003)
Extended mass layoffs down in third quarter (11/21/2003)
Unemployment rate 6 percent in October (11/12/2003)
Payroll employment rises again in October (11/10/2003)
Mass layoffs in September 2003 (10/24/2003)
Labor force participation during recent labor market downturns (10/15/2003)
Unemployment rates in September (10/06/2003)
New statistics on business employment dynamics (10/01/2003)
Mass layoffs in August (09/26/2003)
Extended mass layoffs and the 9/11 attacks (09/10/2003)
Unemployment about unchanged in August (09/09/2003)
Substantial layoffs in 2002 (09/04/2003)
July mass layoff events by industry sector (09/03/2003)
Mass layoffs in July (08/29/2003)
Extended mass layoffs in second quarter (08/21/2003)
Unemployment duration as of July 2003 (08/05/2003)
Payroll employment in July (08/04/2003)
June 2003 mass layoffs by region (07/29/2003)
Mass layoffs in June (07/25/2003)
Unemployment and marital status of women with young children in 2002 (07/24/2003)
Unemployment of parents with children under 18 (07/15/2003)
Families and unemployment, 2002 (07/10/2003)
Payroll employment in June (07/08/2003)
Unemployment rate up in June (07/07/2003)
Unemployment rate 29.8 percent among recent dropouts (06/30/2003)
Mass layoffs in May (06/27/2003)
Reasons for extended layoffs in first quarter 2003 (06/19/2003)
More changes to Current Employment Statistics (06/11/2003)
Labor force, employment, and unemployment in May (06/10/2003)
Mass layoffs in April (05/30/2003)
Payroll employment in April (05/06/2003)
Employment, unemployment up in April (05/05/2003)
Mass layoffs in March (05/01/2003)
Extended mass layoffs in 2002 (04/21/2003)
Fewer mass layoffs in 2002 (04/10/2003)
Unemployment rate in March 2003 (04/07/2003)
Women’s unemployment rate rose less than men’s in 2002 (03/26/2003)
All education levels affected by recent unemployment rise (03/19/2003)
Unemployment in February 2003 (03/11/2003)
Fall in payroll employment in February (03/10/2003)
Highest unemployment rate in 2002: Alaska (03/04/2003)
South Dakota had lowest unemployment rate in 2002 (03/03/2003)
Rise in payroll employment in January (02/11/2003)
Jobless rate drops to 5.7 percent in January 2003 (02/10/2003)
Reasons for unemployment in 2002 (01/30/2003)
Unemployment spells lengthened in 2002 (01/27/2003)
Unemployment rate unchanged in December (01/14/2003)
Payroll employment down in December (01/13/2003)
Mass layoffs down in November from a year ago (12/26/2002)
More workers experienced unemployment in 2001 (12/17/2002)
Unemployment rate up in November (12/09/2002)
Mass layoffs in October (11/27/2002)
Extended mass layoffs in third quarter (11/14/2002)
Unemployment rates in October (11/05/2002)
Payroll employment in October (11/04/2002)
Mass layoffs down in September from a year earlier (10/25/2002)
Payroll employment in September (10/08/2002)
Unemployment rate 5.6 percent in September (10/07/2002)
Mass layoff events in August (09/27/2002)
Payroll employment in August (09/10/2002)
Unemployment rates in August (09/09/2002)
Unemployment in the G7 countries: 1960–2000 (09/05/2002)
Permanent worksite closures in 2001 (09/04/2002)
Youth unemployment this summer (09/03/2002)
More layoffs in West, more laid off in Midwest in July (08/27/2002)
Factory workers have highest risk of displacement (08/26/2002)
Mass layoff events in July (08/23/2002)
Increase in displaced workers (08/22/2002)
Extended mass layoffs in second quarter (08/15/2002)
Payroll employment in July (08/06/2002)
Unemployment rates in July (08/05/2002)
New job openings and labor turnover survey (07/31/2002)
Mass layoffs in June (07/25/2002)
Job losses moderating in manufacturing (07/09/2002)
Unemployment in June (07/08/2002)
Mass layoffs in May (06/28/2002)
Unemployment rate at 5.8 percent in May (06/11/2002)
Payroll employment in May (06/10/2002)
Falling employment in personnel services (06/04/2002)
Initial claims due to mass layoffs down from year ago (05/31/2002)
Unemployment rate 35.9 percent among dropouts (05/20/2002)
Extended mass layoffs lower in first quarter (05/17/2002)
Small change in payroll employment in April (05/07/2002)
Unemployment rate rose in April (05/06/2002)
Unemployment rates in March (04/09/2002)
Fewer job losses in manufacturing (04/08/2002)
Families with unemployment in 2001 (04/01/2002)
Layoffs in February down from year ago (03/29/2002)
Unemployment rates up across the board in 2001 (03/28/2002)
Steepest job losses in manufacturing-related fields in 2001 (03/27/2002)
Unemployment rates in February (03/12/2002)
January 2002 layoff figures based on new industry classification (03/01/2002)
State with highest unemployment rate in 2001: Washington (02/27/2002)
North Dakota had lowest unemployment rate in 2001 (02/26/2002)
Average unemployment up in most States in 2001 (02/25/2002)
Events of 9/11 and layoffs (02/20/2002)
Extended mass layoffs up sharply in 2001 (02/14/2002)
Unemployment down in January (02/04/2002)
Layoffs in 2001 (01/30/2002)
Unemployment edged up in December (01/08/2002)
Payroll employment declined again in December (01/07/2002)
Layoffs in November (12/31/2001)
Unemployment rose in November (12/10/2001)
Layoffs increase substantially in October (12/03/2001)
Services in recession (11/29/2001)
Extended mass layoffs up sharply in third quarter (11/16/2001)
Blacks, men most likely to experience unemployment (11/15/2001)
Large drop in payroll employment in October (11/06/2001)
Unemployment rate jumped in October (11/05/2001)
Layoffs hit hotels, airlines (10/29/2001)
Payroll employment fell in September (10/09/2001)
Unemployment rate rose sharply in August (09/10/2001)
Extended mass layoffs sharply higher in second quarter (08/23/2001)
Youth employment, unemployment both rise in summer (08/22/2001)
Most extended mass layoffs in 2000 involved fewer than 150 workers (08/20/2001)
Extended mass layoffs most common in manufacturing industries (08/14/2001)
Unemployment rates in July (08/07/2001)
Payroll employment down in July (08/06/2001)
Displacement rates among blue-collar and white-collar workers (08/02/2001)
Displacement rate still highest in West (07/31/2001)
Displaced workers reemployed in the same industry, 2000 (07/24/2001)
Finding a new job after displacement (07/18/2001)
Displacement rate declined in late 1990s (07/17/2001)
Another large job loss in manufacturing (07/09/2001)
Employment situation changed little in May (06/04/2001)
Extended mass layoffs climb in first quarter 2001 (05/18/2001)
New information on job creation and destruction (05/15/2001)
Unemployment up in April (05/07/2001)
Families experiencing unemployment in 2000 (04/26/2001)
Unemployment level declined for 8th consecutive year (03/28/2001)
Poverty rate still higher for working women (03/26/2001)
Shorter unemployment spells in 2000 (03/14/2001)
Highest unemployment rate in 2000: Alaska (03/06/2001)
Virginia had lowest unemployment rate in 2000 (03/02/2001)
Extended mass layoffs idle 1.1 million in 2000 (02/28/2001)
Average unemployment down for most States in 2000 (02/26/2001)
Unemployment rate rises in January (02/05/2001)
More mass layoffs in 2000 (02/02/2001)
Federal government biggest job loser in 1990s (01/31/2001)
Employment growth in Mexico (01/03/2001)
Fewer extended mass layoffs in 1999 (12/04/2000)
Experience of unemployment continues to decline (11/15/2000)
Cable TV providers plug in to higher prices (10/11/2000)
Unemployment in September (10/10/2000)
Summer youth unemployment rate lowest since 1969 (08/24/2000)
Risk of displacement remains highest in manufacturing (08/10/2000)
European jobless rates look lower when adjusted to U.S. concepts (07/31/2000)
Unemployment rates in June (07/10/2000)
Unemployment rates in April (05/08/2000)
Midwest has lowest unemployment rate again (04/04/2000)
Lowest unemployment rates in decades at end of 1999 (03/29/2000)
Job leavers larger share of unemployed (03/21/2000)
Managers, laborers unemployed longest in 1999 (03/13/2000)
Midwest has lowest unemployment rate again (03/09/2000)
West Virginia reports highest level of unemployment (03/07/2000)
Fewer mass layoffs in 1999 (03/02/2000)
Iowa reports lowest unemployment rate in 1999 (03/01/2000)
Unemployment decline widespread in 1999 (02/28/2000)
Fewer individuals experienced unemployment in 1998 (02/10/2000)
Unemployment in November (12/06/1999)
Displaced professional workers most likely to return to same occupation (10/15/1999)
Incidence of displaced workers becoming reemployed in the same industry (10/12/1999)
How long does it take a displaced worker to find a new job? (09/23/1999)
Unemployment and the newest high school dropouts (07/12/1999)
Fewer families experienced unemployment in 1998 (06/01/1999)
Consumers in the South spend less on entertainment in 1997 (04/30/1999)
West region’s mass layoffs decline the most during 1998 (04/29/1999)
Extended mass layoff events and separations up slightly in 1998 (04/15/1999)
Job losses from mass layoffs rise in 1998 (03/30/1999)
Reasons for unemployment differ by gender, age (03/19/1999)
Unemployment rate drops with additional education (03/11/1999)
Midwest jobless rate lowest for eighth straight year (03/02/1999)
Share of long-term unemployed declined in 1998 (02/23/1999)
Most metropolitan areas experience jobless rate decrease in 1998 (02/05/1999)
New Mexico had highest State unemployment rate at end of 1998 (01/26/1999)
Three Midwestern States tie for lowest unemployment rate at end of 1998 (01/25/1999)
Unemployment rate continued to drop in early 1998, then stayed down (01/11/1999)
Share of workers experiencing unemployment at record low (12/16/1998)
Nonmanufacturing workers face increasing incidence of job displacement (10/15/1998)

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