unemployment

The unemployment rate for the St. Cloud metro area took a jump in January. We're now at 6.7%, up from 5.9% in December. It's also the second straight month that our unemployment rate has increased.

The unemployment rate for the St. Cloud metro area remained steady in November. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says the unemployment rate is at 5.2%, up from 5.1% in October.

The number of people looking for work has dropped back down to pre-recession levels in the St. Cloud Metro area. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says our unemployment rate for October is down to 5.1%.

Minnesota's unemployment rate continued its slow decrease in October. The state Department of Employment and Economic Development says Thursday that the Minnesota's unemployment rate last month was 6.4 percent, which is a half-a-percent decrease from September.

Minnesota's unemployment rate didn't budge last month, even as employers added more than 28,000 jobs mainly due to state employees being back on the job after a government shutdown.

Minnesota's 20-day government shutdown made the national hiring picture in July a little bit gloomier than it would have been otherwise. The U.S. Labor Department's July hiring report showed a slight uptick in hiring by private business, with about 154,000 jobs added nationwide. But that didn't correspond to government jobs, with about 37,000 lost.

The unemployment rate in the St. Cloud metro area jumped a half-percent last month. The latest figures from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development have our unemployment rate at 6.8%, compared to 6.3% in May.

The unemployment rate in the St. Cloud metro area dropped nearly a full percent last month. The latest numbers from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development have the April unemployment rate at 6.6% -- down from 7.5% in March.

Minnesota's unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 6.5 percent in April, down a tenth of a point. That's still well below the April's national rate of 9 percent.

The unemployment rate for the St. Cloud metro area stayed the same in February. The latest numbers released today (Friday) from the Minnesota Department Employment and Economic Development have our unemployment rate at 7.7% -- same as in January.