… BUT THE PALMETTO STATE’S LABOR FORCE IS SHRINKING
South Carolina’s unemployment rate slipped from 8.9 percent in March to 8.8 percent last month, although a big chunk of that reduction was attributable to people giving up their search for gainful employment.
According to statistics released this week by the S.C. Department of Workforce and Employment, South [...]
SC Unemployment Rate Edges Down …
SC Jobless Rate Plunges
After a positively brutal month of December, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley got an unexpected early Christmas present this week when the Palmetto State’s unemployment rate dropped from 10.5 percent to 9.9 percent.
That decline is the largest one-month drop since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began publishing the state’s unemployment data in 1976 – although [...]
S.C. Unemployment Rate Drops
South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped from a revised rate of 10.9 percent in September to 10.5 percent in October, according to data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
For the second straight month, though, new government jobs were the main driver of the Palmetto State’s modest jobless rate reduction – with [...]
This Is A “Jobs Plan?”
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is planning to launch a taxpayer-funded public relations campaign aimed at reducing the Palmetto state’s rising unemployment rate.
Unfortunately, she’s still refusing to address the root problems associated with our state’s lack of competitiveness – a poorly-educated citizenry, a tax code that discourages job creation and an overgrown, unwieldy government that sucks [...]
Nikki Haley’s Unemployment Rate
When South Carolina’s unemployment rate dipped below 10 percent four months ago, a smart politician might have recognized the folly of rushing to take credit for these modest – and apparently temporary – decreases.
After all those numbers – which were for the month of March – had nothing to do with Nikki Haley, who was [...]
SC Unemployment Rate: Still Climbing
South Carolina’s unemployment rate has taken another sharp turn to the north – climbing from 10.5 percent to 10.9 percent during the month of July. It’s the third straight month that South Carolina’s unemployment rate has climbed. Meanwhile the state’s underemployment rate – a broader, more accurate measure of joblessness – currently stands at 18.3 [...]
SC “Underemployment” Rate Climbs
South Carolina’s “underemployment” rate – which is a broader, more accurate measure of joblessness than the state’s oft-cited unemployment rate – is on its way back up again.
The rate – a rolling average which is published every three months – climbed to 18.3 percent during the second quarter of 2011 according to the U.S. Bureau [...]
Nikki Haley Jobless Rate Shirts … Going Fast
Just four months into the administration of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley, the Palmetto state’s unemployment rate climbed back above 10 percent – which is where it resided for 25 consecutive months from February 2009 to March of 2011.
Way to go, “Republicans …”
Anyway, last week there was even more unfortunate news on the employment front … [...]
SC Unemployment Rate Climbs To 10 Percent
The Palmetto state is once again home to double digit unemployment …
South Carolina’s unemployment rate climbed to 10 percent in May – its first increase under the watch of new governor Nikki Haley. Meanwhile the state’s “underemployment” rate – a broader, more accurate measure of joblessness – is currently 17.5 percent.
South Carolina’s unemployment rate crossed [...]
SC Unemployment Rate Down … Barely
South Carolina’s unemployment rate fell by one tenth of a percentage point in April, according to statistics released on Friday by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce.
April’s rate was 9.8 percent – down from 9.9 percent in March. Meanwhile the Palmetto state’s underemployment rate – a broader, more accurate measure of joblessness that is [...]
