Earlier data indicated layoffs had cooled in the month.

Unemployment rates in area communities largely held steady in December compared to the month before, but overall were up ...

The U.S. labor market wrapped up the year with an unemployment rate of 4.4% in December, the BLS reported Tuesday. Economists had expected that unemployment dipped to 4.5% in December—a result that ...

Oregon’s unemployment rate stayed flat at 5.2% in December, according to the latest report from the Oregon Employment ...

Only California and Washington, D.C., have higher jobless rates as the New Jersey businesses continue to shed thousands of positions.