Hattiesburg metro area unemployment rate approaching pre-pandemic level
Hattiesburg area unemployment rate approaching pre-pandemic level By Caroline Wood | March 1, 2021 at 9:53 PM CST - Updated March 1 at 10:11 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Itâs been 11 months since unemployment rates skyrocketed in the Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Now, officials say the latest numbers reveal the unemployment rate sits closer to the rate it was prior to COVID-19.
âWhat is most exciting is that we ended out 2020 with an unemployment rate that is down back to around 5.2%,â said Todd Jackson, executive vice president of the Hattiesburg Area Development Partnership.
Though itâs not as low as the 4.2% rate the area saw pre-pandemic, itâs better than it was in April of 2020.
OCC February 2021 Total Volume Up 45.6 Percent From A Year Ago - Second Highest Volume Month On Record For U.S. Equity Options Industry Date
02/03/2021
OCC, the world s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that February 2021 total cleared contract volume was 828,558,430 contracts, the second highest month on record after January 2021 and up 45.6 percent compared to February 2020. Year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume through February was 44,002,651 contracts, up 61.4 percent compared to February 2020.
Options: Total exchange-listed options cleared contract volume was 823,412,827, up 47.4 percent compared to February 2020. Equity options cleared contract volume was 786,095,745 contracts, up 54.8 percent compared to February 2020. This includes ETF option cleared contract volume of 213,675,234, a 2.4 percent increase compared to February 2020. Index options volume was 37,317,082, a 26.5 percent decrease compared to February
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01/03/2021
A new study by Juniper Research has found that the total value of premiums generated by insurtech platforms – platforms with technology supporting insurance at the heart of their design – will exceed $556 billion in 2025, from $250 billion in 2020; growing by 123%. It predicts that insurers in the motor, life, home and health industries risk becoming less attractive to potential customers if they fail to capitalise on the benefits that AI underwriting systems bring.
The report identified that weakened customer loyalty, and the driving down of premiums by increased competition and the shift to digital will cause seismic change in insurance over the next five years. It recommends that large insurers focus on using insurtech solutions to improve customer interactions by creating data-driven models, or lose market share to newer, digitally-native vendors.
<p><span>Deutsche Börse’s cash markets generated a turnover of €167.6 billion in February (previous year: €183 billion).</span></p>
Japan Exchange Group: Trading Overview In February 2021 Date
Cash Equity Market
- In February 2021, the daily average trading value for the TSE 1st Section (domestic common stocks) was JPY 3.3397 trillion.
- The daily average trading value for the ETF market was JPY 276.2 billion.
Derivatives Market
- In February 2021, total derivatives trading value was JPY 234 trillion.
- Trading volume for the night session was 9,245,709 contracts. The ratio of the night session was 36.3%.
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