Tag: Unemployment
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New Colorado business filings soar in Q4 2022
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The number of new business filings soared to record levels in the fourth quarter, showing strong state economy heading into 2023. The state also had significant job growth to end 2022, according to the Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report released Monday by the University…
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Colorado sees flat unemployment rate, signaling a return to normal
Colorado’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in September at 3.4%, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The number of unemployed fell by 2,200 from the month before, but the unemployment rate stayed unchanged due to rounding, according to the report. Colorado Springs hotel lodging sees boost in September Ryan Gedney, a senior economist with…
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Colorado unemployment continues downward slide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s unemployment rate continued the downward trend it has been on for all of 2022, sliding a tenth of a percentage point to 3.3% in July, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. That’s the 13th consecutive month of flat or dropping unemployment…
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Colorado’s economy continues to outshine nation’s — but worries persist
While Colorado’s economy continues to outshine many other states, and the national economy itself, business leaders’ confidence continues its decline “sharply into bear territory,” according to the Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report for the second quarter. The report is prepared by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds Business Research Division with the Colorado Secretary…
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Colorado’s unemployment drops again, recovers all pandemic job losses
Colorado’s unemployment rate continues its slow but steady decline. June’s household survey found that the state’s unemployment level edged down a tenth of a percentage point to 3.4%, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. It has been 12 consecutive months of flat or dropping unemployment levels, according to the department. Colorado’s unemployment…
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Colorado unemployment rate drops again in May
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in May, its lowest level since the pandemic began. And the state’s economy has recovered more than twice as quickly as it did during the Great Recession, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment announced Friday. May was the 11th…
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More teens working in Colorado, U.S. than before the start of COVID-19 pandemic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save School is out for summer and that means teens aren’t only looking forward to warmer weather and vacations, but also summer jobs. And they’ll have plenty of company. In 2021, 32% of teens ages 16 to 19 were participating in the nation’s workforce, while 39.6%…
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Colorado unemployment rate drops again in April, matches national rate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s unemployment rate continued to improve last month, another sign of job market resiliency as private businesses and the state economy regain their footing after a recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago, according to a report Friday by the state Department of…
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Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s private sector has recovered all of the jobs lost early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Since May 2020, the state has added 370,000 private sector payroll jobs, compared to losses totaling 358,800 in March…