Rock County unemployment rate drops
JANESVILLE--Rock County’s official unemployment rate reached a four-year low in October, but whether that’s cause for celebration remains to be seen.
The state’s Department of Workforce Development reported last week that the Janesville Metropolitan Statistical Area—which includes all of Rock County—had an October unemployment rate of 7.1 percent.
That’s still the highest of any of Wisconsin’s 12 statistical areas. Within the local area, Janesville posted an unemployment rate of 7.8 percent, while Beloit was at 9.2 percent, the sixth- and second-highest ranked cities in the state, respectively.
The local area’s rate, however, is down from the 7.9 percent posted in September and a significant improvement over October 2011, when the area unemployment rate was 8.4 percent.
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Nov 29, 2012 at 8:13 p.m.
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BTW donnaw I write as I see it and after thought I have my view as you do yours and it is what it is.
Nov 29, 2012 at 8:11 p.m.
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nemesis The credit lies with the season and other reasons, not with who you think. frogger has it pretty much where the statistics are found. I know many earning less, some working 2 part time jobs to get by and some are still jobless.
Nov 29, 2012 at 8:07 p.m.
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It would be nice to see articles like this in our local news, instead of the AP or edited versions by the Madison news.
DBA Honors Governor Walker as Leader of the Year
November 29, 2012 at 11:53 AM
http://www.widba.com/news/dba-honors-gov...
Nov 29, 2012 at 8:05 p.m.
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Donnaw Thank you for the comment and you seeing it as I do. Four more years will do the whole country good.
Nov 29, 2012 at 7:31 p.m.
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nemesis
That's for sure.
Generac is hiring, Menards is hiring in Eau Claire, and flying them to Minot, N Dakota for work. Why not look at the positives in Wisconsin, we are better off than a lot of states.
http://www.channel3000.com/news/Menard-t...
Nov 29, 2012 at 7:06 p.m.
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Funny how those who are so quick to mock and ridicule the governor are mysteriously quiet when there is some good news.
Nov 29, 2012 at 4:46 p.m.
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So what records would show this then Janesvillean if is isn't UC benefits. That is why I was trying to say. Not a true indecation if using UC but how else would they know. Send out a survey- do you work? Dot hey do it by paystub- less now than before?
Nov 29, 2012 at 2:11 p.m.
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@JVILLAIN. Thank you as alwaysfor your ubersmartness and training to us ill informed you ja
Nov 29, 2012 at 1:54 p.m.
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Unemployment rates are NOT determined by unemployment benefits. They just are not. There is no direct relationship between the two. People who lose their jobs may not have the credits to collect, may be excluded for other reasons, and so on. Benefits run out, but this does not affect whether someone is looking for work, which is the definition of the standard rate of unemployment.
Nov 29, 2012 at 12:45 p.m.
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The only issue with this stat is.... is it because they cannot collect anymore??
Nov 29, 2012 at 12:28 p.m.
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carlit...nice job! For once your comments are well written. Keep it up!
Nov 29, 2012 at 12:23 p.m.
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Thank you governor walker!
Nov 29, 2012 at 11:11 a.m.
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Glad I don't live in one of the "death spiral" states.
Nov 29, 2012 at 8:06 a.m.
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That is good news. Now hope they can get some companies to come into Janesville and Wisconsin That helps even more. It has been slowly dropping since the big crash and maybe the next four years will show great improvement.
Nov 29, 2012 at 6:30 a.m.
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That's better! Thanks for correcting the typo.
Nov 29, 2012 at 6:29 a.m.
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What about ROCK county?
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