Mass. has regained jobs lost in last recession Massachusetts has regained all the jobs lost in the last recession after a steady recovery that has progressed faster than the nation’s. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday that employment in Massachusetts reached 3.3 million jobs, about 14,000 more than in April 2008, when employment peaked before the recession. “That is a significant […]
5.2% Mass. jobless rate forecast in 2017 Earlier this year, Massachusetts had regained all of the jobs lost in the last recession, but the economy has since created jobs more slowly than expected. Employers cut jobs in five of the first eight months of 2013, state statistics show, and the unemployment rate has risen nearly a point since March, when it fell […]