Economy

The Bay State's unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point in December at 2.8%, according to the state’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development on Friday.

Faced with declining patient discharge numbers and seeing a chance to pare costs that didn’t directly affect patients, UMass Memorial Health Care leaders in Worcester made a tough financial choice to cut much of its executive ranks.

One of the biggest worries Central Massachusetts businesses have is not only finding and retaining qualified staff, but whether those potential employees can find an affordable place to live. The WBJ looks at what the median household income will buy in Worcester County.

An occupational safety group reported at least 47 workers died on the job in Massachusetts in 2019, including the death of two construction workers in a two-hour span recently which should serve as a reminder of how dangerous the industry can be.

This year, the number of survey takers predicting economic improvement in 2020 has risen to 54%.

There was no change in the unemployment rate in November. The jobless number remained flat in November at 2.9%, according to the state’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Worcester County's economy grew for the second straight year in 2018 but again trailed the Massachusetts average, according to new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Seven Hills Foundation has plans to revisit its influential 2015 report, which found foreign-born residents accounted for 37% of all business owners in Worcester and spent an estimated $472 million across the local economy that year.

To understand the Albanian community in Worcester, you need to understand some basic facts about Albania.

In Framingham, the influx of Brazilians has been particularly crucial to the revival of a former mill town going through hard times.