South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped from 8.4 percent in March to 8 percent last month, according to data released this week by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW).
That’s it’s lowest level since October 2008 – news which was immediately touted by S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley.
“This drop in unemployment is yet another piece of [...]
South Carolina Jobless Rate Drops To 8 Percent
SC Unemployment Rate Climbs To 8.7 Percent
South Carolina’s unemployment rate climbed from an adjusted 8.6 percent in December to 8.7 percent in January, according to statistics released this week by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW).
SCDEW did not release a labor participation rate, although the Palmetto State has been hovering at historic lows on that front for several months.
December’s [...]
Government Jobs Spur Another Drop In SC Unemployment
JOBLESS RATE FALLS TO 8.6 PERCENT ON THE STRENGTH OF NEW TAXPAYER-FUNDED POSITIONS
South Carolina’s unemployment rate fell another half percent in October – from 9.1 to 8.6 percent – however for the second month in a row taxpayer-funded positions were the primary driver of the decline.
The Palmetto State added 5,100 government jobs in October – [...]
Government Growth Fuels SC Unemployment Decline
PRIVATE SECTOR STILL SHEDDING JOBS
South Carolina’s unemployment rate fell sharply in September – dropping from 9.6 percent to 9.1 percent – according to statistics from the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW). That’s the largest single-month drop since 1983, agency director Abraham Turner says.
The Palmetto State also saw a modest uptick in the size [...]
Private Sector Job Growth Cools
HIRING SLOWS IN SEPTEMBER
The American private sector created 162,000 jobs in September according to a monthly report from payroll processer ADP. That figure is lower than August’s revised 189,000-job figure – which was trimmed by 12,000 jobs. Meanwhile July’s gain was also pared back from 173,000 to 156,000 jobs.
The ADP data – released just two [...]
Nikki Haley’s Tokyo Tab: $54,000 (For Now)
INITIAL ESTIMATE COULD CLIMB, THOUGH
The S.C. Commerce Department says that taxpayers shelled out $54,000 for S.C. Gov. Haley’s latest “economic development” trip – a weeklong jaunt to Tokyo, Japan earlier this month.
And it was money well spent, Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt told The Associated Press.
Of course state estimates of travel costs have been way off [...]
All Eyes On Jobs
… BUT WHERE ARE THEY?
After three consecutive weeks of increases, the number of Americans filing claims for initial unemployment benefits was flat last week at 374,000 – meaning that there may have actually been some hiring going on (somewhere) in this country.
Not in South Carolina, obviously … but somewhere.
Here’s the question though … is the modest [...]
SC Unemployment Rate Spikes In June
RATE CLIMBS TO 9.4 PERCENT
South Carolina’s unemployment rate rose for the second month in a row in June – climbing from 9.1 percent in May to 9.4 percent in last month. Nationally, the unemployment remained flat at 8.2 percent.
So … does that mean it’s still “a great day in South Carolina?”
A total of 2,150,854 people [...]
SC Unemployment Rate Edges Down
South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped to 9.3 percent in January from a seasonally-adjusted 9.6 rate the previous month, according to statistics released Tuesday by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW).
However, the drop was attributable exclusively to the fact that an estimated 8,000 people gave up their search for gainful employment.
Also, 28 of the [...]
“Get Excited?” Hold Up …
South Carolina won’t be celebrating a decline in its unemployment rate in February, although pom-pom wielding S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley will have two chances to “get excited” during the month of March.
How come?
Because Jobless data for January – which is typically released at the end of February (i.e. right now) – won’t be published until [...]
SC Jobless Rate Drops To 9.5 Percent
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s abysmal 2011 is seeping over into 2012 … except on the employment front.
Haley’s administration got some good news on Tuesday when the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) reported that the state’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate fell from 9.9 percent in November to 9.5 percent in December. That’s the lowest unemployment [...]
SC Underemployment Rate Edges Up
South Carolina’s underemployment rate – a broader measure of joblessness that includes involuntary part-time workers and people who have given up looking for work – climbed to 18.4 percent during the most recent reporting period.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – which releases state-level underemployment data on a quarterly basis - that’s [...]
