The Trend: The Michigan Works! Southwest Region continues to recover, gaining more than 14,000 jobs from Q2 2020 to Q3 2020. However, in January 2021, the unemployment rate was 1.5 percentage points higher than it had been in December 2020. An increasing labor force participation rate suggests individuals are once again looking for jobs, while an increasing employment-to-population ratio suggests that they are finding employment. Job postings were higher in January 2021 than in December 2020, with slightly more postings in Manufacturing and Public Administration.
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