U.S. homebuilders less pessimistic in October

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: October 18, 2011
Tags: Foreclosures, homebuilders, house, housing market, metro areas, National Association of Home Builders, sales

WASHINGTON — U.S. homebuilders are less pessimistic about the struggling housing market, but not enough to signal a recovery any time soon. The National Association of Home Builders said Tuesday that its index of builder sentiment this month rose from 14 to 18. Any reading below 50 indicates negative sentiment about the housing market. It [...]

Unemployment fell in April in most metro areas

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 1, 2011
Tags: cities, economists, employment, hiring, jobs, labor, Labor Department, metro, metro areas, ocean city new jersey, private sector, tourist, Unemployment, unemployment rates, washington

WASHINGTON — The best month for private-sector hiring in five years and a pickup in summer jobs helped lower unemployment rates in more than 90 percent of the nation’s largest cities in April. The unemployment rate dropped in 339 metro areas in April, the Labor Department said. It rose in 20 cities and remained unchanged [...]

Unemployment falls in three-quarters of US cities

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 6, 2011
Tags: Economy, employment, hiring, jobs, Labor Department, metro, metro areas, national unemployment, private employers, Recession, Unemployment, unemployment rate

WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates are falling in most metro areas across the country, suggesting that hiring is widespread and not limited to a few healthy regions. The Labor Department says more than three-quarters of the nation’s 372 largest metro areas reported lower unemployment rates in February than the previous month. That’s the most to report [...]

Unemployment rate drops in most metro areas

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 2, 2011
Tags: employers, Government, jobs, Labor Department, metro, metro areas, unemployed, Unemployment, unemployment rate

WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate fell or stayed the same in December in two-thirds of the nation’s largest metro areas, fresh evidence that employers are slowly adding jobs. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate dropped in 207 of the 372 largest metro areas, the most to report a decline since September. The unemployment rate [...]