Unemployment rate drops in 21 states

Christian Science Monitor by Laurent Belsie | May. 22, 2009 (Breaking News)

Rays of economic hope are beginning to break over several states as their unemployment rates drop.

In all, 21 states saw their jobless rates fall in April, according to new government data released Friday. These declines suggest that recessionary forces are beginning to ease in some areas of the United States even while they’re strengthening in others. Full Story »

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U.S. state labor markets less dreadful in April

Reuters by Lisa Lambert, Andrea Ricci | May. 24, 2009 (News Report)

More than 20 U.S. states registered decreases in their unemployment rates in April, and another 11 had no changes, according to data released by the Labor Department on ...

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Employment data suggest rate of job loss easing

San Francisco Chronicle by Tom Abate | May. 22, 2009 (News Report)

California's unemployment rate fell slightly to 11 percent in April, but the state lost 63,700 payroll jobs, in a pair of mixed signals that suggest the labor market continues ...

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Unemployment Up in 44 States

Business Week by Moira Herbst | May. 22, 2009 (News Report)

Forty-four states lost jobs in April as the recession continued to hit hard, the Labor Dept. reported on May 22. Michigan's April jobless rate was the highest in the ...

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