Southwest Minnesota is the state's agricultural hub.
The unemployment rate held at 2.7% in Minnesota in February on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Minnesota's official unemployment rate is a useful indicator of the health of the state's economy, but it does not tell the whole story.
An analysis of the current month’s employment picture broken out by Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Minnesota State Northern Agriculture Center of Excellence requested an analysis to identify the occupations in high demand in the expanding soybean crush industry, as well as projections of future demand for these occupations.
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) Survey conducted by the BLS shows that the number of job openings decreased by 28,000 or 13.3% in Minnesota to 182,000 in January on a seasonally adjusted basis.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.3 percent in January.
