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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. - Connecticut's unemployment rate for January fell to its lowest level since some of the darkest days of the recession, Gov. Dannel Malloy said Monday.
The unemployment rate in January fell from 8.1 percent to 8.0 percent, the lowest level since April, 2009, Malloy said in a statement. The national unemployment rate is 8.3 percent.
“Today’s report is encouraging – another sign that we are beginning to see a recovery when it comes to job creation,” Malloy said. “We continue to outpace the national average, which is a testament to the hard decisions we made last year to stabilize our state’s finances and focus on job creation."
Some 16,500 jobs were added in the state in 2011, Malloy said.
The Governor's Office also provided the following monthly statistics for the unemployment rate in 2011:
January 2011: 9.3%
February 2011: 9.2%
March 2011: 9.1%
April 2011: 9.0%
May 2011: 8.9%
June 2011: 8.9%
July 2011: 8.9%
August 2011: 8.8%
September 2011: 8.6%
October 2011: 8.5%
November 2011: 8.3%
December 2011: 8.1%
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Just this Thursday the Department of Labor reported that the number of joblessness claims dropped to the lowest level they have seen since the spring of 2008. The number signifies a continued increase in United States labor and I read it from here Fewest jobless claims filed in four years.
However, it will probably hover around 9% through 2011, even though the recession is over. That's because employers resist hiring new workers until they are absolutely sure the economy will stay strong. For this reason, the unemployment rate is a lagging indicator. Although it's not good for predicting trends, it's useful for confirming trends.
Unemployment numbers are comprised of those that are in the job market for the past 30 days. It does not include those that have not been in the job market in the last 30 days: people who have given up looking; those that have gone off unemployment because it has run out. One solution to unemployment is High Speed Universities check it out
sorry Connecticut Patriot, but things ARE getting rosier. Are you in a doomsday bunker per chance?
complete baloney. only a FOOL would believe these figures. ALL this says is that more people's benefits have expired and many have given up looking for jobs. Those numbers are removed from their figures, which makes then FALSE and MISLEADING like everything else Malloy does. I am mired in the small business community and I can tell you NO ONE is hiring with any significance.