by - November 28, 2012 11:28 am
The number of unemployed in the Fort Smith region rose above 10,000 during October, which helped push the region’s jobless rate up to 7.9% from 7.6% in September. The October…
by - November 28, 2012 11:22 am
An uptick in the number of unemployed in Northwest Arkansas and a dip in the number of employed pushed the region’s October jobless rate up to 5% compared to 4.9%…
by - August 29, 2012 2:36 pm
The good news is that all eight metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had jobless rate decreases in July compared to July 2011. Unfortunately, seven of the eight saw…
by - May 18, 2012 10:45 am
The estimated number of unemployed in Arkansas during April fell more than 2,800 to 100,628, and the state’s jobless rate fell to 7.2% from 7.4% in March. April’s jobless rate…
by - April 11, 2012 5:41 pm
The Northwest Arkansas metro jobless rate rose to 6.4% during February, but is below the 6.7% posted in February 2011, but with a sharp increase in the number of employed…
by - March 26, 2012 4:49 pm
The number of employed in the Fort Smith region fell to an estimated 115,893 during January, a low not seen since January 1998. Fort Smith’s metro area jobless rate jumped…
