TALLAHASSEE – Despite issues a couple of attainable recession, the variety of first-time unemployment claims filed final week in Florida decreased.
The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated that 6,511 claims had been filed in Florida through the week that ended July 23, down from a revised depend of seven,858 through the week that ended July 16.
The state has averaged 6,948 claims over the previous 4 weeks.
Nationally, 256,000 claims had been filed through the week that ended July 23, a lower of 5,000 from the prior week.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity launched a report final week that mentioned the state had a 2.8 p.c unemployment fee in June, down from a revised fee of two.9 p.c in May. The June quantity represented 303,000 Floridians unemployed in a workforce of 10.633 million. The state’s labor pressure was up 339,000 folks from ranges earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic.
