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…

Unemployment in the St. Louis region topped 10 percent in September — the first time in more than 26 years joblessness in the area has reached into double figures.

The employment rate, 10.2 percent, was adjusted by the Federal Reserve Bank of…

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…

Illlinois’ top labor official Thursday expressed cautious optimism at the news that the state’s unemployment rate dropped by four-tenths of a point in August.

It marks the first time in 28 straight months the state has not seen an increase or zero…

Missouri’s unemployment rate, which leveled off in June and July, began inching upward again in August with the state Department of Economic Development reporting that 9.5 percent of the state’s labor force are now out of work.

Not since 1983, when state…

Despite a dip in the number of employees on area payrolls, the jobless rate in the St. Louis area remained fairly constant from May to June, according to data released Wednesday morning by two federal agencies.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics was…

Joblessness in Missouri continues to run apace of a national unemployment rate, 9.7 percent, that is hurdling toward double-digits.

The figures, released Tuesday afternoon by the Department of Economic Development, tell the story. And it isn’t pretty.

According to the DED, 9.3 percent of the…

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, out with its monthly unemployment report, says the jobless rate in metropolitan St. Louis jumped from 8 percent in April to 9 percent in May.

The rate is not adjusted for seasonal employment, such as construction jobs.

In an…

Three days after Missourians learned unemployment in the Show-Me State jumped nearly a percentage point last month, the Illinois Department of Employment Security is out with the May jobless report for the Land of Lincoln.

And the news is even worse.

May unemployment in…

Fourteen states are already unable to fund claims for unemployment insurance.   And with unemployment at a 25-year high, another 18 states are in danger of falling into the same trap.

To gauge the vulnerability of the 14 million jobless Americans the…