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Unemployment rate down in every region for first time since pre-pandemic

August 27, 2021

BATON ROUGE, La. – For the first time since Sept. 2019, the not seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate in all nine of Louisiana’s Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA’s) went down both over …

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 Initial unemployment insurance claims drop for week ending August 21

August 27, 2021

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending August 21, 2021 dropped to 2,217 from the week ending August 14, 2021 total of 2,332. For a comparison, during the week endi…

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 Initial unemployment insurance claims drop for week ending August 14

August 20, 2021

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending August 14, 2021 dropped to 2,332 from the week ending August 7, 2021 total of 2,411. For a comparison, during the week endin…

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 Unemployment rate trends downward as COVID-19 fight continues

August 20, 2021

BATON ROUGE, La. – Preliminary data for July 2021 released today by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) shows Louisiana added 12,700 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs from June 2021. The July esti…

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 Initial unemployment insurance claims drop for week ending August 7

August 13, 2021

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending August 7, 2021 dropped to 2,411 from the week ending July 31, 2021 total of 3,228. For a comparison, during the week ending …

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 Initial unemployment insurance claims rise for week ending July 31

August 6, 2021

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending July 31, 2021 rose to 3,228 from the week ending July 24, 2021 total of 3,122. For a comparison, during the week ending Augu…

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 Initial unemployment insurance claims drop for week ending July 24

August 2, 2021

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending July 24, 2021 dropped to 3,122 from the week ending July 17, 2021 total of 5,492. For a comparison, during the week ending J…

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