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“The pace of job losses slowed in April, suggesting that the Iowa economy may be in the early stages of a turn,” said Elisabeth Buck, director of Iowa Workforce Development.

Iowa’s unemployment payments currently outpace the revenue generated by unemployment taxes paid by employers.  That’s because the number of unemployed Iowans has grown, says Elisabeth Buck, Iowa Workforce Deveopment director.
Though there are currently enough funds saved up to pay increased benefits right now, an increase in unemployment taxes for businesses could be on the [...]

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is up again — now at 4 percent for December 2007 — and has officials pointing to ripples from the housing crisis.
“The statewide unemployment rate followed the national trend in December, and increased to the highest level for the year,” said Elisabeth Buck, director of Workforce Development. “The current month’s [...]

Iowa’s unemployment tax rate table will remain unchanged for 2008. This marks the sixth consecutive year the overall rate has remained steady, according to state officials.
Iowa Workforce Development is the state agency charged with collecting unemployment insurance taxes from employers and operating Iowa’s unemployment insurance payment programs for workers. Unemployment tax rates are based on [...]

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose again in June, reaching 3.8 percent.
June’s rate is up slightly from 3.7 percent in June 2006 and 3.6 percent in May of this year. The 3.8 percent rate means 62,500 residents of Iowa are unemployed, up from 59,500 in May of this year and 61,700 in June 2006.
“Although nonfarm [...]