Unemployment falls in three-quarters of US states

[TheNewMe]

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/...us_states/

By Jeannine Aversa
AP Economics Writer / May 20, 2011

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The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment rates dropped in 39 states in April. It's the largest number of states to see decrease since November 2003. Rates rose in three states and the District of Columbia. They were unchanged in eight states.

Employers added workers in 42 states, the best showing since March 2007 -- nine months before the recession started. Only eight states and the District of Columbia lost jobs last month.

Nationally, businesses have added more than 250,000 jobs per month, on average, in the past three months. It's the fastest hiring spree in five years. The unemployment rate has dropped nearly a full percentage point since November. Still, it remains very high at 9 percent.

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By region, the Northeast had the lowest unemployment rate at 8 percent. The Midwest's unemployment rate was 8.1 percent, followed by the South, 8.8 percent, and then the West, 10.4 percent.

Data here showing which states decreased:
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstcm.htm


Map from Bureau of Labor Statistics:

[mzmolly]

[nofurylike]

outstanding!!

now, if only media really gave a damn about progress, so would broadly report this as the great news it is!!

thank you so much for posting that, TheNewMe!!

[Ikonoklast]

Slowly, slowly, ever so slowly as demand picks up.

Supply Side Economics is dead, this last recession proved it as the wealthy with their vast resources have done NOTHING to re-invigorate this economy, it has all been done by the DEMAND side of things.

The Supply Siders all sat on their hands on the sidelines trying to preserve their wealth and did nothing.

After things get rolling again, we need to focus on increasing wages for the people that actually keep this country running.