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No change in Iowa's February unemployment rate - Radio Iowa

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The unemployment rate for February stayed the same as January at three-point-three percent. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says there were some ups and downs in the job market. “Employers shed about 1,100 jobs in February, which ends the streak of job gains that started in November. So that’s not good. And of course, […]

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No change in Iowa's February unemployment rate - Radio Iowa

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Iowa's unemployment rate remained flat in February, despite drop in government employment

Iowa Workforce Development says the total number of unemployed Iowans increased to 57,300 in February from 56,600 in January.

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Report: 1,100 jobs shed in Iowa in February

Iowa firms shed 1,100 jobs in February, ending a three-month streak of jobs gains, new data from Iowa Workforce Development shows. The job loss in February was mostly fueled by lower-than-expected seasonal hiring at the state’s public universities and colleges, according to the state agency. Collectively, the government (a sector that includes federal, state and…

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Unemployment rate holds steady in February

(Radio Iowa) – The unemployment rate for February stayed the same as January at three-point-three percent. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says there were some ups and downs in the job market. “Employers shed about 11-hundred jobs in February, which ends the streak of job gains that started in November. So that’s not good. And of course, manufacturing overall has lost the most jobs in the last year, with 76-hundred lost jobs,” …

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Iowa unemployment, labor force participation rates unchanged in February

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment and labor force participation rates held steady in February amid modest job growth across many private industries, according to a report Thursday, March 27 from Iowa Workforce Development. Meanwhile, the amount of unemployment benefits paid remained near historic lows as a percentage of the wages covered by unemployment insurance. The seasonally […]The post Iowa unemployment, labor force participation rate…

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Unemployment, Labor Force Participation Rates Unchanged in February

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment and labor force participation rates held steady in February amid modest job growth across many private industries. Meanwhile, the amount of unemployment benefits paid remained near historic lows as a percentage of the wages covered by unemployment insurance. Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.3 percent in February, equal to January and up from 2.7 percent one year ago. The labor force parti…

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