Indiana’s jobless rate falls to 6.2% in September
Indiana’s jobless rate continued showing signs of improvement as more people returned to work following weeks off from pandemic-related shutdowns and reduced operations.
Indiana’s jobless rate continued showing signs of improvement as more people returned to work following weeks off from pandemic-related shutdowns and reduced operations.
Stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns in recent weeks because of the pandemic were the main causes of unemployment soaring sharply, experts say.
The nation’s economy has seen strong job gains in January and February, according to government data, but a Ball State University economist says future job creation numbers could look very different down the road because of fallout from the global coronavirus outbreak.
A slight drop in number of people in the state’s workforce likely is the reason behind Indiana’s unemployment rate falling in June when compared to May.