Unemployment in the Wolverine State Hits Double Digits

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  January 22nd at 12:11 PM  | 

For the first time in 23 years, Michigan’s unemployment rate is in the double digits — 10.6% to be exact, a figure one-third higher than the national average. That number is an increase from November’s rate of 9.6%, according to the state Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth (DELEG). Between November and December, “total employment dropped by 68,000 and unemployment rose by 47,000, as | Read More »