Article Author: Heather Baker with Jared Lutz

Not seasonally adjusted jobless rates were largely unchanged in most of Michigan’s 17 labor market areas during June, according to data released from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Michigan major area jobless rates had a minor median decrease of a tenth of a percentage point over the month. The largest rate reductions […]

Not seasonally adjusted jobless rates rose in 14 of Michigan’s 17 major labor market areas between April and May, according to data released from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB). “Michigan regional jobless rate gains in May were often due to an increase in the number of persons active in the labor […]

Not seasonally adjusted jobless rates edged down slightly in 10 of Michigan’s 17 major labor market areas during March, with monthly rate decreases ranging from 0.1 to 0.3 percentage points, according to data released from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB). “Michigan regional jobless rates displayed little change in March,” confirmed Wayne […]

Not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates fell in all 17 of Michigan’s regional labor market areas during February 2021, according to data released from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB). “Labor force levels declined for the second consecutive month in most Michigan regions,” said Wayne Rourke, associate director of the Bureau of Labor […]

During the final weeks of 2020, Kalamazoo was riding high from headlines around the globe touting the achievements from our neck of the woods in producing the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the U.S. for widespread use. As the way things seem to go with everything these days, there was a “Debbie Downer” around the […]