What is the Minnesota unemployment rate as of April?
Minnesota’s unemployment rate as of April was 8.1%. This is slightly below the national unemployment average of 8.9% Sources: http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2009/05/18/daily40.
Minnesota unemployment rate lowers in April By Associated Press | Albert Lea Tribune Published Friday, May 22, 2009 Minnesota’s unemployment rate dipped slightly in April, its first decline in a year. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in April from 8.2 percent in March. Minnesota employers cut 9,500 jobs during the month, about half the number of jobs lost in March, according to new seasonally adjusted figures from the Department of Employment and Economic Development. The state has a lower unemployment rate than the nation’s 8.9 percent rate in April. Commissioner Dan McElroy said the slowdown in job losses is encouraging but the economy is still challenged. He said he has yet to see one sign of recovery he’s watching for: Fresh hiring at temporary help agencies acting as the recession’s shock absorber. “We are not interpreting this as a turning point in the recession. It is much too early to tell that,” McElroy told reporters on a conference call. Minnesota has lost 90,200 jo
Minnesota’s unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.1 percent in April, even as the state’s employers shed 9,500 jobs, according to a report released Thursday. Unemployment in the state remains bellow the national average. In April, the U.S. unemployment rate stood at 8.9 percent. Minnesota employers shed fewer jobs in April than in the prior month. In March, the state lost 18,900 jobs, leaving the unemployment rate for the month at 8.2 percent, according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Sources: http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2009/05/18/daily40.
