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Most States Saw Rise in Unemployment Rate
wsj.com ^ | August 19, 2013, 11:45 AM

Posted on 08/20/2013 7:53:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The numbers reflect frustratingly slow economic growth. Employers have been adding jobs but the pace hasn’t been fast enough for the 11.5 million Americans who want a job but can’t find one.

Monday’s figures also highlight the lingering fallout from the financial crisis. The unemployment rate in Nevada, a state hit hard by the housing bust, remained the highest in the nation at 9.5%. The state shed 10,200 jobs last month, the biggest loss since early 2009.

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The country’s energy boom, meanwhile, is helping keep the jobless rate well below the national average in North Dakota, at 3%, and South Dakota, at 3.9%.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: 113th; bho44; bhoeconomy; layoffs; unemployment

1 posted on 08/20/2013 7:53:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

What happened to the WSJ? They blame this on a lingering financial crisis? The Obama administration is putting pressure on Murdoch, because Fox News has gone squidgy, too.

Must be the fallout from the email scandal in Britain. There were rumors about Murdoch being in trouble about such activity here, too, but they went away. Hmm, playing ball with Obama to keep from being persecuted, er, prosecuted?


2 posted on 08/20/2013 8:20:58 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: BenLurkin

Just wait 'til next month !!


3 posted on 08/20/2013 8:47:39 AM PDT by Iron Munro (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire)
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To: BenLurkin
The numbers reflect frustratingly slow economic growth.

The numbers reflect a depression!

4 posted on 08/21/2013 7:10:05 AM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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