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November 20, 2009
In October, 29 states and the District of Columbia recorded
over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 13 states registered
decreases, and 8 states had no change. Nonfarm payroll employment
increased in 28 states and the District of Columbia, decreased in
21 states, and remained unchanged in 1 state.
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November 20, 2009
In October, employers took 2,127 mass layoff actions involving 217,182
workers. Mass layoff events decreased by 434 and associated initial
claims by 30,824 from September. Over the month, the number of
manufacturing events, at 619, decreased by 237, and associated initial
claims, at 70,572, decreased by 26,494.
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November 23, 2009
In the first quarter of 2009, the difference between the number of gross jobs gained and the number of gross jobs lost yielded a net loss of 2,740,000 jobs in the private sector. This is the largest quarterly net loss since this data series began in 1992.
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