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[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- JULY 2011 [31 August 2011]

 

 

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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
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Stuart Basefsky
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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- JULY 2011 [31 August 2011]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

 

Unemployment rates were lower in July than a year earlier in 257 of the 372

metropolitan areas, higher in 94 areas, and unchanged in 21 areas, the U.S. Bureau

of Labor Statistics reported today. Twelve areas recorded jobless rates of at least

15.0 percent, while ten areas registered rates of less than 5.0 percent. Two hundred

thirty-two metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll

employment, 133 reported decreases, and 7 had no change. The national unemployment

rate in July was 9.3 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 9.7 percent a year

earlier.

 

 

AND MUCH MORE…including TABLES….



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