March 2010
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INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's unemployment rate inched up to 9.8 percent in February, but officials and economists pointed to a rise in temporary workers hired as a sign that employers were becoming more confident about creating jobs. The state Department of Workforce Development said unemployment rose just one tenth of a percentage point last month compared with January. Indiana was the only state among its neighbors to report a jobless rate of less than 10 percent, and the only one of the five to report year-to-year unemployment growing less than 1 percentage point.
Indiana unemployment rate rises slightly to 9.8 percent | courie
Arizona's employers created almost 20,000 positions from January to February, which gives economists hope that the state's job market is expanding. Another figure might seem to reflect the reverse: Arizona's jobless rate rose to 9.5 percent in February from 9.2 percent in January, according to the Commerce Department. That could mean job growth is not keeping pace with a growing labor pool. It also could reflect that more people are resuming job searches that they abandoned amid the deep recession, experts said.
Arizona added 20,000 jobs in February, but jobless rate rose
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 26, 2010…Florida’s unemployment rate has hit 12.2 percent, the highest level since records first began being kept 40 years ago, the Agency for Workforce Innovation reported Friday. The February jobless numbers grew .2 percent from the previous month’s figures, with Florida now distancing itself further from the national unemployment level of 9.7 percent, which has been generally holding steady. Some analysts, though, found some silver lining in the darkening jobless picture. “While the unemployment rate is a lagging indicator of economic recovery,” said Cynthia Lorenzo, AWI director, “last month’s positive job growth of 26,300 jobs and a 300 percent reduction in the number of layoff notices since the peak last May are both encouraging signs.” But with 1.1 million Floridians out-of-work, the state’s economy remains clearly punishing.
Florida’s Unemployment at Record Level | Sunshine State News
12.2 percent. That was the unemployment rate in Florida for February, and the highest ever recorded . Miami-Dade's adjusted unemployment rate sits at 11.8, up from 11.7 last month.
Florida Unemployment Rate Reaches Highest Level of All Time - Mi
