Local February Employment Figures Don’t Show Much Change
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released local employment figures for February today. Overall, the numbers for Kansas City were fairly flat. Employment did decline by 1,812, but so did the number of unemployed, by 926. These equaled a total labor force decline of 2,738. The unemployment rate also declined slightly, from 5.4 percent in January to 5.3 percent in February.
Our local trends mirrored the national (CPS) figures from February in that employment, unemployment, unemployment rate and labor force all declined slightly.
For more information on the current employment picture, be sure to check out our employment section.
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