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Va. new jobless claims edged up last week
Continued claims remain in decline
Virginia’s initial unemployment claims increased slightly last week while continued claims decreased again, as they have for several weeks, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending
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Fed says Fifth District economy growing moderately
Companies see increased demand but continuing labor shortages
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, the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) has been seeing moderate economic growth in recent weeks, according to the latest edition
Virginia finishes FY21 with record $2.6B surplus
Revenue collections surged 26.4% between April and June
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Virginia reached the end of fiscal year 2021 with a $2.6 billion surplus, the largest in the commonwealth’s history, according to a statement released by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on
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Virginia ranked CNBC’s Top State for Business again
State is the first to be awarded No. 1 ranking five times
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Virginia retained its place as CNBC’s Top State for Business this year, beating out North Carolina and Texas and becoming the first state to achieve the honor twice in a
Va. unemployment claims down slightly last week
JLARC says VEC still is responding only to "small portion" of calls
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Virginia saw a small decrease in initial claims for the filing week ending July 3, with 6,825 people making new jobless claims, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. Continued claims
Va. new jobless claims up, while continued claims decline
Compared to 2020, new claims down 74%
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Virginia’s new unemployment claims rose to 8,196 in the filing week ending June 26, but continued claims decreased, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. Last week saw an increase of 1,291
Va. new jobless claims dropped below 7,000 last week
Continued claims filed declined from previous week
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Virginia’s new unemployment claims fell last week, as did continued claims, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending June 19, 6,905 people filed initial jobless claims,
Seizing our future by creating value together
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State unemployment rate slid to 4.5% in May
Va. jobless rate trends lower than U.S. rate of 5.8%
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was at 4.5% in May, dropping 0.2 percentage points below April’s jobless rate. May’s statewide unemployment rate was 4 percentage points below May 2020’s rate
Va. hotel revenues increased by 178% in May
Lodging industry says "long road ahead" for recovery, however
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Virginia hotel revenues for May 2021 increased by 178% compared with May 2020, according to data released Tuesday by STR Inc., a CoStar Group division that provides market data on