Nevada’s Unemployment Rate Rises Again
Nevada’s unemployment rate rose for
the fifth consecutive month, hitting 5-percent in August as a housing
slump continued and growth in the state’s labor pool outpaced job gains.
The
state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported
Friday that the seasonally adjusted rate, up from 4.9 percent in July,
was the highest since November 2003, and exceeded the national rate of
4.6 percent in August.
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Tags: employment, jobs, unemployment
Categories: Economy
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:28 pm
As layoffs continue, we can only hope the cops get laid off too.
We have too many already and most of them are causing civil law suits estimated in the thousands.
October 18th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
The unemployment rate jumps again yet we continue to pay for excessive police that arn’t needed.
Why is Nevada residents so stupid in allowing this to continue??
January 27th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
funny how a claim is made about nv having a severe nursing shortage as local hospitals LAYOFF lpn’s and rn’s;only to add to the already high unemployment rate.isnt part of the solution to keep as many people employed as possible?