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Ohio Jobless Rate Drops to 8.5 Percent
December 16, 2011
by Mike Thompson
WOSU Director of News and Public Affairs
Ohio’s unemployment turned sharply downward in November. The state jobless rate stood at 8.5 percent, down a half-percent from October’s 9 percent figure.
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Area’s jobless rates keep falling
By Mark Williams
The Columbus Dispatch
Wednesday December 21, 2011 7:58 AM
How about this for an early Christmas present: The economy is looking better.
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Unemployment Down, But So Are Jobs
January 20, 2012
by Steve Brown
89.7 NPR News Morning Anchor
Ohio unemployment continued to fall last month. The latest jobs reports lists an 8.1 percent jobless rate, down from 8.5 in November. But Ben Johnson with the Department of Job and Family Services says the down employment rate is not entirely good news.
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Regional jobless rate dips to 6.4%
By Mark Williams
The Columbus Dispatch
Wednesday January 25, 2012 7:22 AM
Central Ohio’s unemployment rate last month fell to 6.4 percent, its lowest level in more than three years.
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Ohio Unemployment Rate Drops To 7.7 Percent
By: Associated Press
Published: March 02, 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's unemployment rate went down for the third month in a row in January thanks to continued strength in the state's health care sector. Joblessness fell to 7.7 percent in January, down from an adjusted 7.9 percent in December, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said Friday.
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Ohio Unemployment Rate Drops To 7.6 Percent
By: Associated Press | NBC 4i
Published: March 23, 2012
Ohio's unemployment rate went down for the fourth month in a row in February, with the most significant job gains in the trade, transportation and utility industries. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says Friday that seasonally adjusted joblessness fell to 7.6 percent last month, from 7.7 percent in January. The number of unemployed people decreased by 4,000. The U.S.unemployment rate for February was 8.3 percent, unchanged from January.
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Jobless Rate Continues Downward Slide
April 20, 2012
by Steve Brown
89.7 NPR News Morning Anchor
Ohio’s unemployment rate continues a slow-but-steady downward track. The state’s unemployment rate ticked down last month from 7.6 percent to 7.5 percent, even though the state lost some 9,500 jobs. Ben Johnson with the state Department of Job and Family Services says trade, transportation, utilities and manufacturing saw the most job gains.
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Unemployment rates fall in all 88 Ohio counties
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COLUMBUS — Unemployment rates fell in all 88 Ohio counties in March, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
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Ohio leads the nation in job losses in March even though unemployment rate fell
Published: Friday, April 20, 2012, 7:00 PM
By Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio -- Ohio led the nation in job losses in March, even as the state's unemployment rate inched downward. Fewer jobs, but more people working? Blame the contradiction on how data used in calculating the jobless rate are collected.
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Columbus Ranks #22 on List of Best Large Cities for Jobs in 2012
By: Walker
NewGeography.com has compiled their annual listing of best American cities for jobs, and Columbus ranks in 22nd place on the list of large cities, down 3 spots from last year’s ranking. The scoring system used in the study has a methodology that weighs employment growth trends both long term and short term from data collected from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Columbus Gains Jobs, Unemployment Climbs
May 15, 2012
by Tom Borgerding
89.7 NPR News Managing Editor
A new report on Central Ohio’s economy shows the region gained more than 9,000 jobs in early 2012. The group, Columbus 2020, says despite the additional jobs the region’s unemployment rate increased from 6.8% to 7% percent as more discouraged workers give up their job search.
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Columbus Gains Jobs, Unemployment Climbs
May 15, 2012
by Tom Borgerding
89.7 NPR News Managing EditorA new report on Central Ohio’s economy shows the region gained more than 9,000 jobs in early 2012. The group, Columbus 2020, says despite the additional jobs the region’s unemployment rate increased from 6.8% to 7% percent as more discouraged workers give up their job search.
READ MORE: http://beta.wosu.org/news/2012/05/15/columbus-gains-jobs-unemployment-climbs/
This article appears to be innacurate. First, they seem to be using February's workforce number of 917K, and state that the unemployment rate went up from 6.8% to 7.0% through March, but that's not true either. Instead it dropped from 7.3% to 6.8% January to March. Even if they had March at 7% unemployment, it would still represent a drop from the beginning of the year.
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Ohio's unemployment rate at lowest since October 2008
By Mark Williams
The Columbus Dispatch
Friday May 18, 2012 8:48 AM
Ohio’s unemployment rate is back to its lowest level since October 2008. The state reported this morning that the unemployment rate for Ohio dropped to 7.4 percent in April, down from 7.5 percent in March and the number of unemployed workers fell by 7,000 during the month to 431,000.
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