Michigan Leads in Jobless Rate, Again

[red states rule]

Michigan is the economic model the Dems want to for the rest of the US.




Michigan Leads in Jobless Rate, Again
By Catherine Rampell
Update | 10:02 p.m.

Fourteen states and the District of Columbia found at least a tenth of their work forces unemployed in August, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday.

Even as some economic indicators in housing and elsewhere show signs of improvement, just sixteen states saw their unemployment rates fall from July to August. In every other state the portion of workers who cannot find work stagnated or, in most places, grew. Compared with the same time last year, unemployment rates increased in every state and the District of Columbia, fueling expectations that the many government efforts to tame the recession cannot avoid a “jobless recovery.”

Michigan continued to have the country’s highest jobless rate, at a seasonally adjusted 15.2 percent, compared with a national rate of 9.7 percent. In the Detroit metropolitan area, the rate reached 17.3 percent.

Nevada and Rhode Island followed Michigan, with unemployment rates of 13.2 percent and 12.8 percent, respectively. The rates in Nevada, Rhode Island and California — where unemployment reached 12.2 percent — were the highest on record for those states.

Generally, Western states had the weakest job markets, with Plains states showing their labor forces to be relatively more resilient during this downturn. North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska all registered jobless rates of 5 percent or lower.

Nonfarm payroll jobs — calculated from a different government survey — fell in 42 states and the District of Columbia. Texas lost the most jobs from July to August of this year, with a net loss of 62,200 positions. It was followed by Michigan and Georgia.

North Carolina, Montana and West Virginia registered the biggest month-over-month increases in nonfarm payrolls.

New York State did not experience a statistically significant change in payroll employment from July to August, but over the last year it has lost 188,400 jobs on net. Its unemployment rate was 9 percent in August, up from 8.6 percent in July, and unemployment in New York City alone reached 10.3 percent in August, from 9.5 percent the previous month.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ss-rate-again/

[trueblue]

Similarly:

http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/03/...-falls-to.html

[darin]

Most folk here respond with "You GOT a job here???" when I tell them the reason for my move.

[red states rule]

High taxes and insane regulations of business have driven much of the businesses south out of the state.

To top it all off, they are still trying to solve their problems by doing the same stuff all over again

[PostmodernProphet]

our democrats in the legislature believe the solution to our problem is increased taxes....

[red states rule]

our democrats in the legislature believe the solution to our problem is increased taxes....

Isn't that the catch all solution for all issues with Democrats?