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April 22, 2008 |
Iowa nonfarm jobs dropped slightly for the second straight month, leaving the state on pace with its sluggish performance for the past year. Read the news release.
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| March 25, 2008 |
Nonfarm jobs dropped slightly and so did the state unemployment rate in February, but both represented another tick in the possible slowing of Iowa’s economy. Read the news release.
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| March 11, 2008 |
This month’s revisions of employment data may signal a long term slowing for the Iowa economy. While the state reported Iowa gained in nonfarm jobs in January, the new numbers actually reflect a decline of almost 5,000 from the previously reported December level. Read the news release.
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| Jan. 23, 2008 |
A disappointing December boosted Iowa's unemployment rate to 4 percent, its highest level in 23 months, as payroll jobs fell by 900 to finish off a slow-growth year. Read the press release.
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| Dec. 27, 2007 |
Unemployment held at 3.9 percent for the fifth straight month as Iowa's payroll jobs rose by over 3,000 for the second time in three months. Read the press release.
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| November 20, 2007 |
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Payroll jobs in Iowa dipped slightly in October as the unemployment rate remained at 3.9 percent for the fourth straight month. As shown at right, Iowa's nonfarm job performance has fluctuated wildly in 2007, increasing by 3,900 or more in four months, but declining by 900 in three. On balance, the average pace is slightly ahead of 2006 but well off that of high-growth years in the 1990s. Read the press release.
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| October 23, 2007 |
| A 4,100-job spike in September payrolls boosted Iowa's economic performance heading into the final quarter of 2007 as the unemployment rate held at 3.9 percent for the third straight month. Read the Press Release.
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| September 25, 2007 |
| August job numbers reflected Iowa’s long-term trend of slow job growth as the state’s unemployment rate held at 3.9 percent and nonfarm jobs showed a slight upward tick. Read the Press Release. |
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| August 21, 2007 |
| For the fourth month in a row, Iowa's unemployment rate is up, while a drop in payroll jobs is contributing to a sputtering trend. Read the Press Release. |
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| July 24, 2007 |
| A third straight increase in the monthly unemployment rate masked slow job growth for Iowans. Read the Press Release. |
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| June 14, 2007 |
| May offered better job prospects for new graduates than April had indicated, according to new figures from Iowa Workforce Development. Read the Press Release. |
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| May 17, 2007 |
| New Iowa high-school and college graduates are being greeted by a downward blip on the state’s job radar. Read the Press Release. |
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| April 19, 2007 |
| While signs are up for Iowa jobs with the latest report from Iowa Workforce Development, some signs are up more than others. Read the Press Release. |
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| March 29, 2007 |
| Iowa nonfarm jobs posted their largest two-month gain in almost nine years as the unemployment rate dropped a notch to 3.3 percent in February.
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| March 15, 2007 |
| Iowa’s nonfarm job growth picked up its pace in January in revised numbers from the government, with the unemployment rate falling to 3.4 percent. Read the Press Release. |
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| January 18, 2007 |
| Iowa’s average monthly job growth dipped slightly in 2006 from the year before as the state’s job level continued a slow climb in December. Read the Press Release. |
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| December 21, 2006 |
| A boost in nonfarm jobs in November put Iowa on pace with the slow level of growth the state saw in 2005. Read the Press Release. |
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| November 16, 2006 |
| Fewer Iowans found work in October than September as nonfarm jobs showed their biggest drop in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 3.6 percent. Read the Press Release. |
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| October 19, 2006 |
| More Iowans found work in September as the jobless rate fell for the second straight month, and nonfarm jobs showed their best improvement in six months. Read the Press Release. |
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| September 21, 2006 |
| Ups and downs of Iowa’s economy gave signals in both directions in August, as the unemployment rate dropped to 3.6 percent after two straight increases, but nonfarm jobs showed a slight decline as well. Read the Press Release. |
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| August 17, 2006 |
| A third-straight month of slight improvement in nonfarm jobs came with a second straight increase in the state unemployment rate. Nonfarm jobs increased by 2,500 and were up 29,100 from a year ago. Read the Press Release. View the Graphs. |
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| July 20, 2006 |
| Iowa saw slight improvement in nonfarm jobs during June despite an uptick in the unemployment rate. Read the Press Release. View the Graphs. |
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| June 15, 2006 |
| Iowa nonfarm jobs are keeping a slow, bumpy pace to recovery and state officials predict a slow pace in the coming months as well. May brought good news, however, as unemployment rolls dropped to 56,000 and the unemployment rate to 3.4 percent in May. The number of jobs also increased by 2,000. Read the Press Release. View the Graphs. |
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| May 18, 2006 |
| Nonfarm jobs in Iowa dropped in April, part of a trend of slow job growth that will greet a new class of graduates this spring. At the same time, Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.6 percent. Read the Press Release. View the Graphs. |
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| April 20, 2006 |
| Nonfarm jobs rose by 6,000 in March and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent. However, on this five year anniversary since the start of the recession, jobs have only grown by two percent. Read the Press Release. |
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| March 30, 2006 |
| Iowa nonfarm jobs grew by 8,600 in January, although the unemployment rate also increased to 4.4 percent as more Iowans sought work. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| March 8, 2006 |
| Iowa nonfarm jobs fell by 5,600 in January, yet the unemployment rate also declined to 4.1 percent. The apparently contradictory statistics come from two different sources. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| January 19, 2006 |
| Iowa saw one of its best job months of 2005 in December, as payroll jobs posted record numbers for the second straight month and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent. Read the Press Release. |
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| December 15, 2005 |
| More Iowans held payroll jobs in November than at any point before, giving the state its ninth nonfarm job increase in 10 months, while record numbers of people in the workforce pushed the unemployment rate up to 4.8 percent. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| November 17, 2005 |
| The number of Iowans on payrolls reached its highest level in more than five years in October as the state's nonfarm job market posted its eighth increase in nine months. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| October 20, 2005 |
| More Iowans held jobs in September than a month earlier, while an increased number looking, but unable to find work, drove the state unemployment rate up to 4.5 percent. Read the Press Release. |
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| September 15, 2005 |
| August drops in Iowa’s nonfarm job total and the state’s labor force offered troubling signs for the state’s economy despite a 29-month low in the unemployment rate at 4.3 percent. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| August 18, 2005 |
| Iowa’s Iowa nonfarm jobs rose in July for the sixth straight month and the number of people in the job market rose to an all-time high as the state’s unemployment rate held at 4.6 percent. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| July 21, 2005 |
| Iowa’s economy pulled itself out of a four-year hole in June as nonfarm jobs climbed by 5,700, passing their highest level since the start of the March 2001 recession, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.6 percent from 4.8 percent the month before. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| June 16, 2005 |
| Promise in April turned to disappointment in May as Iowa’s nonfarm job growth dropped for the first time in four months and the unemployment rate jumped to 4.8 percent after a sharp drop the month before. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| May 19, 2005 |
| Iowa's biggest boost in nonfarm jobs in almost five years gave the state its third straight monthly employment increase as the unemployment rate dropped sharply in April to 4.5 percent. It was the first decline in Iowa's jobless rate in six years. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| April 21, 2005 |
| Iowa gained 2,500 nonfarm jobs in March, a bright spot as the state unemployment rate remained at 5.1 percent for the third straight month. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| March 31, 2005 |
| Iowa's unemployment rate remained at a 17-year high of 5.1 percent in February as slow job growth kept the state 14,500 jobs behind the number of nonfarm jobs in March 2001. Read the Press Release. |
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| March 17, 2005 |
| Iowa’s shaky economic recovery took an employment dive in January, falling by 3,600 nonfarm jobs as the unemployment rate rose to a nearly 17-year high of 5.1 percent. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| January 20, 2005 |
| Iowa’s sluggish recovery ended 2004 on the right track as the roller-coaster job performance through the year finished with a 1,600-job gain in December. Read the Press Release. |
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| December 16, 2004 |
| Iowa's nonfarm jobs dropped by 1,500 in November after a slow four-month climb, while the state's unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.7 percent as 4,000 people left the state's labor market. Read the Press Release. |
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| November 18, 2004 |
| Iowa posted its fourth-straight monthly increase in nonfarm jobs as growing numbers of Iowans sought work in an economy that remains in a sluggish recovery. Read the Press Release. |
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| October 21, 2004 |
| An increase in the number of nonfarm jobs in September is encouraging, but the economic recovery in Iowa continues to be weak. Read the Press Release. |
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| September 16, 2004 |
| Iowa may have rebounded from a late-Spring slump with a 3,400 job increase in August, the state's second straight monthly increase in nonfarm jobs. Read the Press Release. |
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| August 19, 2004 |
| Iowa's roller-coaster job picture showed a 2,000-job increase in July after accounting for a lower level of jobs in June than previously reported. Read the Press Release. |
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| July 15, 2004 |
| Iowa's roller-coaster job picture showed a 2,000-job increase in July after accounting for a lower level of jobs in June than previously reported. Read the Press Release. |
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| June 17, 2004 |
| A 200-job loss in May kept Iowa's job performance off the pace of economic recovery. Read the Press Release. |
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| May 20, 2004 |
| Iowa job numbers dropped sharply in April, putting the state further below pre-recession job levels. Read the Press Release. |
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| April 15, 2004 |
| Iowa job numbers rose only slightly in March, contributing to a stagnant employment picture that shows the state lags behind pre-recession job levels and the pace of the 1990s recovery. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| March 4, 2004 |
| A 2,800-job increase in January gives hope of reversing Iowa's downward employment trends. Read the Press Release. |
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| January 22, 2004 |
| A 2,500-job loss in December points to continued instability in the Iowa job picture as the number of Iowans employed and those looking for work declined for the second straight month, an Iowa economist said Thursday. Read the Press Release. |
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| December 18, 2003 |
| A 1,700-job loss in November ended a three-month string of modest employment gains. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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| Just in time for the holidays, some Iowa families are taking a double blow: poor prospects for a job, and a loss of unemployment benefits. A federal program that provides 13 weeks of unemployment assistance for long-term unemployed is about to expire. Read the Press Release. |
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| November 20, 2003 |
| An 800-job increase in Iowa and a slight dip in the unemployment rate to 4.5 percent are positive signs, but offer only modest prospects of a meaningful economic recovery in the state. Read the Press Release and view the Graphs. |
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