Boston.com Mass. jobless rate holds steady Massachusetts continues to outperform the nation in job growth as employers in the state added nearly 13,000 jobs last month, building on strong gains in the first half of this year, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported yesterday.
Mass. jobless rate fell to 5.6% in May Alan Clayton-Matthews, a Northeastern University economist, said the jobs gained in May are a continuation of “moderate growth” for the state. As people have begun working again, incomes have risen, households have paid down debt, and home prices have increased. That has boosted consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the nation’s economic […]
Mass. jobless rate eclipses nation’s Yet, the state’s situation is far from dire, said Northeastern University economics professor Alan Clayton-Matthews. The state unemployment rate is estimated from a survey of households, but a separate survey of employers also released Thursday showed that the state added 6,500 jobs in November, after gaining 9,400 in October. The data from both surveys are […]