The current U.S. unemployment rate is 6.7% for December 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said in its monthly report on Friday. The rate is close to double the 3.5% rate in February, before the COVID-19 pandemic. This unemployment rate is unchanged from November.
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The Department of Labor estimated an unadjusted unemployment rate of 3.5% in December, down from 4.8% in November but up from 2.9% in December 2020. The December rate was based on a workforce of 1,502,200 people, with 52,888 out of work.
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After a few months of falling unemployment rates, the state’s numbers rose in December. New COVID-19 restrictions once again hit some of Washington’s industry sectors hard as the unemployment rate increased from a revised 5.7 percent in November to 7.1 percent in December, according to the Employment Security Department.
The U.S. rate remained unchanged from November at 6.7 percent. The commonwealth’s unemployment rate was 2.1 percentage points above its December 2019 level while the national rate was up 3.1 ...
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