ANOTHER DIP? Financial jobs in Rhode Island hit a low during the Great Recession of 2009 and fell again at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. According to the latest available jobs numbers, 2018 numbers are down slightly again in 2022. ILLUSTRATION/ANNE EWING SOURCE: RI DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EDUCATION While restaurants and retailers were shedding their employees at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, banks in the following weeks with a hiring wave. The white-hot housing market and popular federal loan programs for small businesses prompted banks to scramble for jobs to meet the surge in demand. The six largest US banks…
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