The recession has caused a dramatic increase in unemployment. In Connecticut businesses are closing and jobs are being lost at an alarming rate. Connecticut’s
unemployment rate peaked at 8.8% in October 2009. Since March 2008, Connecticut has lost approximately 4,495 jobs per month. Based on data collected by DataCore Partners Inc., that’s a loss of 85,400 jobs, or 5 percent of Connecticut’s employment base.
To learn more about unemployment in Connecticut according to the Hartford Courant click here.
