(Unemployment reports stopped during the Government shut-down)....They are now starting to come back.

The Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department releases the numbers. They have just released a report for September. Unemployment for that month was 21.5 percent up from 19.8 reported for September 2024. During September there were 16,500 people unemployed out of a labor force of 77,100. The November unemployment numbers are scheduled to be released this Friday.