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Title: Unemployment rose in 43 states last month
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Breitbart & AP
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DCVDT80&show_article=1
Published: Jan 22, 2010
Author: Christopher S. Rugaber
Post Date: 2010-01-22 14:44:47 by Badeye
Keywords: None
Views: 10740
Comments: 49
Unemployment rose in 43 states last month Jan 22 02:05 PM US/Eastern By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Unemployment rates rose in 43 states last month, the government said Friday, painting a bleak picture of the job market that illustrated nationwide data released two weeks ago. The rise in joblessness was a sharp change from November, when 36 states said their unemployment rates fell. Four states—South Carolina, Delaware, Florida and North Carolina—reported record-high jobless rates in December. New Jersey's rate, meanwhile, rose to a 33-year high of 10.1 percent while New York's reached a 26-year high of 9 percent. Analysts said the report showed the economy is recovering at too weak a pace to generate consistent job creation. "A lot of states that had started to add jobs (in November) gave up those gains in December," said Sophia Koropeckyj, managing director at Moody's Economy.com. Texas and Georgia lost more jobs in December than they had gained the previous month, she noted, while Arizona and South Carolina lost nearly as many as they had gained. That is consistent with nationwide trends. Employers shed a net total of 85,00 jobs in December, the government said earlier this month, after notching a small gain of 4,000 jobs in November. In another nationwide trend, long-suffering states like California and Michigan saw their jobless rates stabilize even as they continued to bleed jobs. That's because thousands of frustrated workers gave up hunting for work and dropped out of the labor force, which means they aren't included in the unemployment rate. California lost 38,800 jobs. But its unemployment rate was unchanged at 12.4 percent, the fifth-highest in the nation. That's because 107,000 people, or 0.6 percent of the state's workforce, gave up and stopped job-hunting. Michigan shed 15,700 jobs, but 31,000 people left the labor force. That caused the state's jobless rate to fall slightly, to 14.6 percent from 14.7 percent. Michigan has the nation's highest unemployment rate. Nationally, more than 600,000 people left the labor force in December, according to government data. The large exodus from the labor force indicates that "unemployment is a lot worse than the numbers suggest," Koropeckyj said.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Why the Democrats are heading to a blow out loss, and Obama heading into historical oblivion alongside Jimmy Carter is contained in the above. Its the economy, Mr Messiah...
Wasn't job creation a lagging factor during the Bush administration, both of them? How long into Reagan's administration (unemployment reached 10.8%) before job creation reduced unemployment?
#3. To: lucysmom (#2)
How long into Reagan's administration (unemployment reached 10.8%) before job creation reduced unemployment? Bush didn't see much above 7 percent and the two tax cuts caused job creation, which my company benefitted from greatly. We opened in November of 97. Not sure about Reagan. Know it turned around quickly due to his tax cuts. Its the only proven way to stimulate job growth consistently in my view. Thats why Dems in the House are now calling for Obama to extend, not 'sunset' Bush tax cuts. It would bring venture capital back out on the table.
Unemployment continues to increase unabated under Obama's incompetency inspite of him saddling future generations with approximately 14 trillion in debt and climbing after only a year in office! Can we afford this moron and his incompetent czars and czarina?
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#2. To: Badeye (#1)
Its the economy, Mr Messiah...
Replies to Comment # 2. Wasn't job creation a lagging factor during the Bush administration, both of them?
#4. To: lucysmom, Badeye (#2)
Wasn't job creation a lagging factor during the Bush administration, both of them?
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