Unemployment in Rhode Island for November rose to 2-point-9 percent, up two-tenths of a percentage point from October.
Figures from the Department of Labor and Training showed 19 hundred jobs were added in the past month, down a thousand from the same period last year.
The state has also recovered nearly 98-thousand jobs, or more than 90-percent of those lost during the coronavirus shutdown.
Nationally, the US employment rate stood at 3-point-7 percent in November, also down two-tenths percent from October, and one-tenth of a point above November 2022.
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