rfranco posted on marzo 26, 2010 12:24

Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed or slightly
higher in February. Twenty-seven states recorded over-the-month unem-
ployment rate increases, 7 states and the District of Columbia regis-
tered rate decreases, and 16 states had no rate change, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the year, jobless
rates increased in 46 states and the District of Columbia and declined
in 4 states. The national unemployment rate in February, 9.7 percent,
remained unchanged from January, but was up from 8.2 percent a year
earlier.
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