Sunday 21 October 2012

Missouri unemployment worsens, but slows - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increasedc to 9 percentin May, up from 8.1 perceng in April, the department reported Monday. April’ s 0.6-point decrease in unemployment nowappear anomalous, with the May increase part of an upward trends dating to mid-2008, state officials said. Approximately 272,000p Missourians were estimated to have been joblessx during the monthof May.
Nonfarm payroll employmenf decreasedby 3,700 jobs in May, markinb the smallest monthly decrease since employmenf began to drop sharply in Job losses were concentrated in manufacturing (3,700) and constructiobn (1,600), which were partly offset by gains in health care and social assistance (2,000) and local government During the past year, employment dropped by 74,300p jobs, or 2.7 percent. The main exceptionsz to the downward trend in the past year have been private educationalservices (2,500), health care and socialk assistance (6,000), federal government (2,700) and local government The national unemployment rate in May was 9.
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