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The Republican Standard
- July 24, 2022
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Virginia Unemployment Rate Had Largest Drop in a Year in June

Virginia’s unemployment had its largest drop in a year in June, down to a 2.8 percent unemployment rate, while labor participation stayed stable at 63.8 percent. Governor Glenn Youngkin highlighted the result in a Friday press release. “The June unemployment rate dropping to 2.8 percent is promising news for Virginia’s economic health and is a welcome […]

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The Republican Standard
- May 23, 2022
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Youngkin Reports Virginia Unemployment Still Remarkably Low

In a recent report, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Virginia’s unemployment rate held steady at 3 percent in April, while total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 13,600 jobs. According to BLS household survey data, Virginia’s labor force expanded to over 4.3 million workers in April 2022. Since February of this year, the labor force grew […]

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The Republican Standard
- April 19, 2019
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Virginia Unemployment Rate At 2.9 Percent, 8,000 Jobs Created In March

Seasonally-adjusted non-farm employment increased by 8,000 jobs in March after February’s figures were revised downward by 400.

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The Republican Standard
- March 12, 2019
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Virginia Unemployment Rate Holds At 2.8 Percent For Sixth Consecutive Month

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The last time Virginia’s unemployment rate was this low was April 2001.

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The Republican Standard
- February 1, 2019
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January Jobs Report Shatters Expectations, 304,000 Jobs Created

The Federal Reserve is set to take a less aggressive approach to interest rate hikes in 2019 after the U.S. central bank instituted four rate increases in 2018. 

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Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...