Tag: Unemployment Rate
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Gap between Colorado and U.S. unemployment rate shrinks
Colorado’s rate has consistently stayed below the national average, but the gap just shrank as the state rate rose in March
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Colorado unemployment rate falls below 5% in December, a first since the start of the pandemic
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s unemployment rate fell to 4.8% in December — the first time it’s dropped below 5% since March 2020, when the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shell-shocked economies worldwide, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. It was the sixth consecutive month that Colorado’s…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls for fifth consecutive month
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in November for a fifth consecutive month , the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The state’s 5.1% jobless rate last month was down from 5.4% in October; it has dropped a full percentage point since July as 30,000 more people held jobs in November than did four months…
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Colorado giving $1,600 to those returning to full-time work
In an effort to move more people off unemployment benefits, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Wednesday signed an executive order to give them up to $1,600 if they return to full-time work. Dubbed the Colorado Jumpstart incentive program, it allows those who have received at least $25 in unemployment insurance benefits from March 28 to Sunday…