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| Mass. Unemployment Rises from 8.7% to 9.4% |
| 2010-01-22 |
| The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported today that the unemployment rate rose to 9.4 percent in December from the revised November rate of 8.7 percent. The Massachusetts rate remains below the national unemployment rate, which was 10.0 percent in December, the same as the November rate. In Massachusetts, Education and Health Services; Government; Other Services; Manufacturing; and Financial Activities added jobs in December, while Trade, Transportation and Utilities; Leisure and Hospitality; Construction; Professional, Scientific and Business Services; and Information recorded job losses. Jobs were down 8,400 for the month of December. At 3,164,000, jobs are down 66,200 or 2.0 percent from one year ago. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Mass is going to get really hurt when the education bubble bursts. And that won't be long. As one college professor put it, "They (the local college) haven't figured out they aren't competing with the Ivy League anyhmore, they're competing with every college in China and India. And those guys can be really selective and demanding." |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-01-22 13:32 |
| #6 Ready yourselves for Barry's certain to follow retribution Mass. You've wounded him. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-22 13:23 |
| #5 State of the State address by Deval last night. I'll sum it up. "I got nuthin." |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-01-22 13:23 |
| #4 How's that Hope & Change working out for ya', Massachesetts? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-22 13:20 |
| #3 Does that include the Brown and Coakley campaigns finishing up? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2010-01-22 08:34 |
| #2 And that doesn't include those, like me, that are semi-employed when their tech jobs went bye/bye. Need a really good software development manager? I know 3 not counting myself that are underemployed now. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2010-01-22 07:46 |
| #1 Now, let me take a wild guess---they were supposed to release these statistics two weeks ago? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-01-22 03:02 |