State Labor Department Releases Preliminary October 2018 Area Unemployment Rates

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State Labor Department Releases Preliminary October 2018 Area Unemployment Rates

The New York State Department of Labor today released preliminary local area unemployment rates for October 2018. Rates are calculated using methods prescribed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The State’s area unemployment rates rely in part on the results of the Current Population Survey, which contacts approximately 3,100 households in New York State […]

Straightforward Reforms to Fix American Commerce

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BY YURI VANETIK The unemployment rate remains stuck at over 8 percent. The number of Americans not in the labor force is at an all-time-high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to struggle. Clearly, the economy is still fragile. To be fair, some of the reasons are outside the control of American policymakers — chiefly, […]