Press Releases

The Buckeye Institute commented on the newly released jobs report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “In September, Ohio’s unemployment rate remained flat at four percent, and the labor force participation rate saw a slight decline to 61.7 percent, indicating that people have left the job market. Although the national labor force participation rate also declined in September, the national unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent, causing Ohio to fall farther behind the national average.”

The Buckeye Institute commented on the newly released jobs report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “Despite the mixed bag of good and bad news, this jobs report is only one month of data and does not present a worrying trend alone. The bigger story is that Ohio’s job market is not growing as fast as it was in the spring. But opportunities are on the horizon. With Intel breaking ground on its new manufacturing plant, there should be greater job growth in the future, and policymakers must take action now to ensure that Ohio has enough workers to fill these new jobs.”