VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The unemployment rate in the Washington region soared to 6.9 percent in January, according to government data released Friday. It is the area’s highest level in 20 years of record-keeping. The region’s jobless rate was 6.2 percent in December and, not seasonally adjusted, 5.4 percent in January 2009. January’s data show […]
The country’s high unemployment rate is affecting giving in churches around the country. According to Baptist Press, Ed Stetzer with LifeWay Research said tt’s not surprising church giving is more impacted by unemployment than the stock market or GDP. A LifeWay survey of Protestant pastors found 35-percent reported giving in their churches was flat compared […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Unemployment in the Washington region rose slightly in December, to 6.2 percent, according to government data released Tuesday, pushed up largely by an increase in the District’s jobless rate. The District’s unemployment level during the same period rose from 11.8 percent to 12.1 percent and probably was the chief factor in […]
