Op-Ed: Torturing employment data
October 8, 2012
Dr. John Stewart, who worked for many years as an economic advisor at the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, used to say that if you tortured the statistics long enough, they would tell you what ...
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Puerto Rico gets $1.4M from U.S. DOL to boost jobless insurance programs
September 28, 2012
Puerto Rico has been included in the list of states and territories that will receive funding for unemployment insurance program integrity, performance and system improvement projects, getting an assignment of $1.4 million from the U.S. ...
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April employment data yields mixed results, jobless rate at 14.8%
May 17, 2012
Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate stood at 14.8 percent in April, representing the lowest level in 16 months. The number of employed people on the island increased by 22,000, while those on the unemployment lines were ...
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