Oregon hit 9.9 percent last month. woohoo, 0.2% less than Cali! West Coast is not having a good time so far.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/02/27/ap6106489.html On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/1658995.html > > State jobless rate top 10 percent -- worst since 1983 <javascript:void(0)> > By Dale Kasler > [email protected] > Published: Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 - 11:18 am > Last Modified: Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 - 11:45 am > > California's unemployment rate has crashed through the 10 percent barrier. > > Statewide unemployment jumped to 10.1 percent last month, the state > Employment Development Department said today. That was an increase from 8.7 > percent and represented the highest rate since May 1983. > > In addition, newly revised numbers show the state lost jobs at a far swifter > rate than previously believed. While it was earlier reported that the state > lost 257,000 jobs in 2008, the new numbers peg the job loss at nearly > 462,000. > > "The recession is worse than we thought," said Howard Roth, chief economist > at the state Department of Finance. > Local unemployment for every region in the state, other than Los Angeles, > won't be released until next Thursday because of delays in revising the 2008 > data, state officials said > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
