Mass. jobless rate steady in November The Massachusetts unemployment rate held steady at 6.6 percent in November, putting an end to a four-month streak of increases, and keeping jobless numbers well below the national average of 7.7 percent. About 1,100 jobs were lost last month, the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development said Thursday, but year-over-year numbers showed the […]
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 […]