Joblessness in the St. Louis metropolitan region — which hit double digits in September for the first time in more than a quarter century — has again topped 10 percent as nearly 130,000 area residents continue to look for work.

Seasonally-adjusted by…

Economic forecasting meets Sir Isaac Newton in the 50-state employment growth outlook released this week by IHS Global Insight. Those of you who stayed awake during elementary physics will recall how Newton posited that for every action there is an equal and…

The STLtoday.com graphic design team of Brian Williamson and Erica Smith have developed an interactive map tracking employment trends in the St. Louis region.

Drawn from state, local and federal jobs data, the map provides snapshot of area employment. It reflects…

Missouri’s jobless numbers dropped two tenths of a point in October, a dip officials say supports a forecast that cited the state as one 11 across the nation demonstrating positive signs of emerging from the recession.

At 9.3 percent, Missouri’s seasonally adjusted…

The official count on area unemployment, of course, is delivered monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics with a nudge from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

The raw numbers crunched by the BLS (based on state and regional jobless data) is…

The week that was on the jobs scene…

Monday: IHS Global Insight’s U.S. Regional Insight Group foresees a 9.90 percent average unemployment rate in the St. Louis region for the fourth quarter. IHS Global’s analysts also predict “metro areas will be dealing with the…

Missouri’s and the St. Louis metro area’s monthly employment figures are in with the Department of Economic Development reporting that, led by hiring in private education and local government, the St. Louis area picked up 2,200 jobs in September.

Overall, the state shed 3,000 non-farm…

Since the beginning of the year, manager Jim Varagona and employees of the InkStop franchise in Maplewood begged the indulgence of customers frustrated by the store’s dwindling inventory of ink cartridges, toner, small electronics and office supplies.

“You’d be stupid not to…

The Visteon Corporation announced Thursday that it expects to cease production of vehicular interior components in Eureka by year’s end.

Visteon employs nearly 100 people at the two-year-old Eureka plant. The workers were informed of the possible closure Thursday afternoon.

Company spokesman Jim Fisher acknowledged…

The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday night  approved a bill that would extend unemployment benefits for 13 weeks to jobless workers in 25 states, including Illinois and Missouri. The measure, which will aid  displaced workers residing in states where the jobless rate has exceeded 8.5…