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Las Vegas jobless rate climbs to 14.8 percent
Published Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 | 6:42 a.m.
Updated Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 | 6:53 a.m.
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CARSON CITY – The unemployment rate in the Las Vegas area in July rose to 14.8 percent, the 19th consecutive month of double-digit joblessness.
The number of people employed in government, and hotels and casinos in the Las Vegas area dropped during the month.
Statewide, the jobless rate inched up to 14.3 percent, continuing to be the highest in the nation. It was the 16th straight month the rate has increased to a record high.
The nation’s rate was 9.5 percent and California posted a 12.3 percent jobless rate. In Michigan -- which had seen the nation's highest jobless rates until earlier this year when Nevada took the highest spot -- a downward trend continued in July, dropping a tenth of a percent to 13.1 percent.
In Nevada, the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said today that employers reported 9,600 fewer jobs in July.
In the Las Vegas area, there were 791,500 people employed during the month, or 5,700 less than in July last year. The department said there were 153,900 workers in casino-hotels and gaming, or 400 fewer than the same month of 2009.
Government employment in Clark County dropped by 2,000 workers to 92,700.
Construction employment continued at 46,700, the same as a year ago. Trade, transportation and utilities reported 143,800 employed, or 600 more workers than a year ago.
The number of workers in manufacturing in Southern Nevada fell by 600 to 19,700 in July.
The number of jobless in Clark County was estimated at 144,500.
The department said the Las Vegas area had the highest unemployment rate among all metropolitan areas in the nation in June. Las Vegas will likely maintain the highest rate in July, "although we won’t know for sure until the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the full report," it said in a report.
And the picture is worse than the latest figures show, the state said.
The rate doesn't include workers who are too discouraged to seek employment. Nevada’s actual rate for the second quarter of this year was 21.5 percent, or 8.4 percent higher than the announced figures, the department said.
The jobless rate in the Reno area dropped to 13.2 percent, down from 13.6 percent in June. Carson City’s rate also declined, from 13.4 percent to 13.2 percent in July.
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Of course, Harry Reid PERSONALLY fired all of these people. Just as k Sharron Mangle.
welcome to the twenty first century.
Realistic figure has to be above 20 percent now.
There will be 99 cent buffets on the Strip before long.
Nice job HARRY!!!
Where are the jobs???
Hey Tony, the party of NO JOBS is running things now. Now what were they promising about the stimulus and the unemployment rate???
@Braedo -
According to Sharron Mangle, it's not a Senator's job.
Bobby: If it is the Senator's job, how's he doing? Will his "green jobs" fantasy pull the country through? To funny!
I wish they'd release the statistics to see what industries make this up. I wouldn't be surprised if 75% is construction related. Of which half of those people are still doing construction under the table (probably in Arizona) and collecting at the same time.
And the White House calls this the summer of recovery.
Go Harry Go!
Go Obama Go!
14.8% and still rising, with zero recovery in sight.
Harry is great for Nevada. Harry wields the most power in senate. Unlike Angle, Harry is for job creation, and we can see just how well that is going can't we.
Looking forward to 15.0% next report.
It's solely Harry Reid's PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY that the country went to hell in a handbasket!!!
Pay NO ATTENTION to ANYTHING prior to January 20, 2009!!!
George W. Bush NEVER HAPPENED!
His 8-year-reign of INCOMPETENCE & ILLEGAL ACTIVITY;
NEVER HAPPENED!
Rove/Cheney/Rummy is NOT THE AXIS OF EVIL!!!
Wall Street is LIKE A NUNNERY!
The Republican Party is made up of SAINTS!!!
And they have ONLY YOUR BEST INTERESTS at heart!
The top 4-5% of Americans that hold nearly ALL THE CARDS are your "BEST FRIENDS" and will "trickle down" a couple of crumbs to you...EVENTUALLY... be PATIENT!!!
All LIBERALS are EVVVVILLLL!
You are getting VERRRRY Sleeeeeepy.....
Angle...not NUTS... sleeeeeepy.
The democrats have held both houses of congress since January 2007 and the white house since January 2009. It is now August 2010.
This is not Bush's fault....admit it for once please.
@Rusty57 -
My point was simply the incoherent hypocrisy of Sharron Mangle, who, while blaming Reid personally for every bad circumstance in Nevada and the nation, willfully ignores the inconvenient fact that Republicans controlled the Congress from 1995 through 2006, and we DO have a GOP Senator. Recall? Senator John von Cuckolder-for-Christ? So, Ensign gets a pass, while Reid is solely culpable?
Right.
Simply put, deomcrats do not fully understand economics. They only see regulation and legislation as a means for power and social engineering.
Obama promised change we can believe in.
Is 14.8% unemployment & climbing some of that change?
Harry Reid likes to take credit for saving jobs at City Center.
But take no blame for the highest unemployment rate in the country.
You can't have it both ways Harry!
The choice of Angle reminds me of John Mccain in the election. If you folks aren't careful you will get Harry back.
I feel so bad for these folks. It's been decades since I had to worry about a roof over my head or food in my belly. Those with children must be under terrible stress.
Now if the - can't read the bill, just spend, spend, spend democrats would stop blocking common sense republican amendments to the jobs bill and let them come to the floor for a vote, these unfortunate folks could get some help.
Playing cheap hurtful partisan politics in an effort to harm the oppositions election in the fall with no regard for the people is very telling of the democrats. Political sin is not a one party deal.
The sad reality is this isn't going to change anytime soon and most likely will get worse. Blame whomever makes you feel good for the moment but when you look in the mirror every morning ask yourself what you can do to make a change in your life. It's up to you, not the government or politicians. For the moment this is still a free country and no one forced you into anything. Face reality, grow up and take charge of your life. The politicians don't care about you.
And 53 straight months of rising unemployment. The increase in minimum wage did not help...
oops... 54 months...
http://npri.org/publications/working-aga...
looks like we are going to need more than a tier 5 huh harry. oh thats right you dont give a damn.
if present day chicago is the future of america...time to buy guns and bullets.
Since Sharron Angle says it's not her concern to create jobs in Nevada...and Senator Ensign votes no on the jobs bill and spends more time, money and effort on lawyers due to pending ethics violations and/or criminal allegations...and Sandoval is more interested in if his children look and act Hispanic or something...I guess the blame should be thrown on Senator Reid. Because he seems to be interested in doing what he can about it here in Nevada.
The bottom line is that the Republicans could care less and exert no effort to make a difference in this matter, then I guess Senator Reid is at fault. Because he seems to give a damn. The Republicans are making sure they just stay back and point fingers at him, letting him take all the heat, but jumping up and down and screaming it's not their fault. They don't care. And even if these lunatic fringe people were mistakenly voted into office, it's certain they won't care still. All they want is three things: Power, money and glory. And they don't care what they have to do to get it.
The truth of the matter is this economic downturn from 2007-2008 was, and still is, devastating for Nevada. And we aren't the only ones hurting. Because if the rest of the U.S. is hurting, then we are hurting double..because the tourists won't come when they are doing the same thing we are trying to do...survive. It will take a few more years to get things going again.
But I guarantee if Republicans are put back in charge because of voter impatience...Nevada will be hurting even more when we revert back to the failed policies from before that got us here. It will make the eight years of President Bush's incompetence look like nothing.
All the indications are there. The Republicans seem more interested in race baiting, bigotry, prejudice, bias and outright xenophobia. More than worrying about the economy.
Don't let them in. Slam the door in their faces on November 2nd.
The department said there were 153,900 workers in casino-hotels and gaming, or 400 fewer than the same month of 2009.
Any wonder why the locals casinos are in the dumps? They just don't get it. When a casino employee is layed off, the locals gaming companies lose another customer.
Yes Bobby, things were pretty good from 1995-2006 when repubs were in charge of congress. The Dims took over in 2007 on a Hope and Fail agenda. Lets enjoy the ride down.
Just like that poor 95 yr. old woman was bagged last week, these sorts of crimes will continue because people are desparate. ALWAYS be aware your surrounding! Don't blissfully walk to and from your car, these predators are watching you. Looking to strike. It's a only gonna get worse. Tell your femaile family and friends to be aware or go with them to the stores!
We should have listened to Krugman who said the Stimulus bill wasn't big enough and we wouldn't have the political will for another. The conservatives (they got the bailout just before w left ) choose to read Rand and believe the losers Hayak and Friedman. Their beliefs rationalize their hypocrisy.
Ahhh yes, in June it was Jovial Joe Biden telling us how they'd create 3.5 million jobs by this time. Well now they want to pass a new "jobs" bill? Let's see if they can meet their previous goals first before we fork over our great, great, great grankids retirement.
The higher the unemployment rate, the more dudes hanging on the Strip with coolers , handing out water bottles for a buck, 3 for 2 bucks, bottles that they bought for 4 dollars in a 24 bottle carton. And more and more other criminals shuffling through the masses of tourists, either inside or outside of the casino. I remember the other day while I was playing in downtown at the Nugget, I was in a different hotel and had to go do the restroom when there was this guy asked me if I need something..... This really scared me as I was the only one in there with this guy.
The same happened to me at the Hard Rock Hotel once somewhen in the early morning.
You never know, but a down economy makes some people become very creative. This makes me think that probably not all "entertainers" are real entertainers but plan to make a move at you once you're in the hotel room with that dancer. What this means is clear: Always keep your hands on the pockets and beware.
From Switzerland
The record is clear. Republicans create more jobs then the Democrats.
Job creation stats from the fed for the last 16 years. From Randall Hoven; Source: St. Louis Fed/FRED. Hoven's Index for June 30, 2010
Changes in number of jobs: In last six months
(Nov. 2009 to May 2010): 873,000
In Bush's eight years (Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2009): +1,080,000
In Obama's 17 months: -2,979,000
When Republicans controlled House and Senate,
Jan. 1995 to Jan. 2001: +16,107,000
When Congress/Senate were split,
Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2003: -2,203,000
When Republicans controlled House and Senate,
Jan. 2003 to Jan. 2007: +6,801,000
When Democrats controlled House and Senate,
Jan. 2007 to present (May): -6,497,000 Since December 2007
(peak): -7,381,000
Source: St. Louis Fed/FRED. (Also see Senate website for party control.) Graph of the Day Archive.
They closed the Carl's Jr. across the street from UNLV. No surprise things are tough.
The republicans create more jobs just because some guy named fred says so..........right !
@ hookershaky
(FRED)in an acronym for Federal Reserve Economic Data. MORON! Keep your idiotic uninformed comments to yourself.
@ hookershaky
(FRED)is an acronym for Federal Reserve Economic Data. MORON! Keep your idiotic uninformed comments to yourself.
WOW! Nevada passed Michigan to take the top spot for unemployment. That was pretty hard to do.
Companies will find ways to keep chugging along without adding jobs. Making employees work extra hours for no pay (salaried), work overtime, etc.. The idea that companies will eventually start hiring people in huge numbers is a farce. Isn't going to happen. Just to click 1/10th of 1% off the unemployments numbers nationwide you need several hundred thousand new jobs to be created.
Welcome to the 21st century. Unemployment will remain 10%+ for a long time (the real figure is probably more like 15-20%).....
Throw in wages are decreasing and you have a new America being created....a few steps up from Bangladesh.
Just wait until the first of the year when the new wave of federal taxes go into effect -- the more government changes which adversely impact business and capital borrowing demands, in short uncertainty, along with the continued growth in government debt prolongs any type of economic "recovery". There may even be a complete economic "meltdown" pending, which will setback any potential "recovery" for decades/generations.
In the meantime, it becomes increasingly more difficult for Americans to purchase products which aren't produced by China, which happens to be the same country which is currently financing America's mounting debt and/or the ability to purchase the products they produce.
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Lets play 'you are right'. Sharron Angle is 'too extreme'.You are right. She has one vote, we have not elected her queen. If anything, her 'crazy' choices will be one less vote for the Democratic 'plan'. Harry Reid is doing a great job. You are right. He is the right hand of our President yet he allows his state to be 48th in federal funds, tops in every unwanted category, and the biggest problem is he thinks he is doing a good job. So if Reid is to be elected again, Nevada is agreeing that this is the right way to do things. That is our choice of course, but our state laws will soon intercede and demand more state cuts due to a deficit. If Harry has his 4 more years locked up, he wont care all that much, we will.
Call Harry Reid and thank him for this horrific mess that happened on his clock. Reid left this state behind long ago and is too worried about the Obama Socialist legacy than the people of Nevada. Fire the Reids!
Who fred Flintstone ?
Has anyone ever noticed Republicans always play the blame game? They are always in the attack mode.
But to this day, I don't see any Republicans who are in power trying to do a damn thing about it.
Very easy to look back in history and point fingers.
It don't help.
This is the here and now.
And I see Senator Reid trying to make a difference and get things going. And I notice he does it willingly, even if the lunatic fringe all try to gang up on him. It's very evident that he's doing what he can. Because he was elected to do that. And he doesn't shy away from controversy.
His detractors just point fingers. But have no earthly clue what to do, other than to slam him. Sharron Angle is in charge and loves doing that.
The Republicans only preach hate. That's all they got. They don't have solutions. They just want voters all hating. They seem to think hate gets them votes.
People need to wake up and not be impatient. To vote Republicans back into power is much like inviting Godzilla to roam around downtown Tokyo. The Republicans screwed it up before and most like will do the same if they get back in power.
I say don't let them in. Stay the course. To do otherwise would be disastrous.
You compare data while Obama is in a Recession with W when he's not ? I may be a moron but I'm not an evil manipulative one .
gbigs : so you fascists are all working out of the same office ? Like Cheneys secret cave or something ?
Surely a state with the highest unemployment rate in the country would not even consider re-electing the same politicians! That would be beyond insanity. Washington needs purged if there is any chance of an economic recovery. Republicans were purged in 2006 and now it is time to purge the Democrats. Reid and Pelosi have failed as leaders and do not deserve a third term in charge of Congress.
Both parties are at fault but you can't ignore that under Reid and Pelosi, unemployment has doubled since Nov 2006 when they took over. The Dems have had the largest majority in recent history but their policies have failed. I'm no fan of either party but now is not the time to loyally follow your party as they lead the country off a cliff.
The voters need to keep voting out the career politicians in the next couple of elections. The worse thing they could do is re-elect those that have destroyed this economy. Ignore the attack ads and always vote for the challenger in this election if you want real change. Then do the same in 2012.
Heh , lets return to the lunacy of Monica Lewinsky. Katrina, the give aways to drug and Insurance and healthcare companies. The Phoney Terry Schvivo controversy. The manhunt of the democratic members of the Texas legislature.Enron,the conviction of the Alabama govenor,the firing of the United States attorneys. the contested florida no count.The real estate meltdown, unemployment, 2 wars. We should keep the keys . It's going to take time to clean up after these no accounts. If you don't vote Democratic , your just going to get more of the above.
""The rate doesn't include workers who are too discouraged to seek employment. Nevada's actual rate for the second quarter of this year was 21.5 percent, or 8.4 percent higher than the announced figures, the department said.""
and if america posted the REAL figures also, then we would all start to believe the economists..
Vote out "career politicians" vote in corporations. Lets skip the middle men and just have a Senator from Barrick or caterpiller or Exxon or whatever. Forget the States, Harrahs is a job creator. What does a state do ?
Like you people that voted for W, ensign , or Gibbon are genius'. Do the math your idiots !
Ha...Shady...let's don't forget Elian Gonzales...yeah...that's the ticket...send him back and keep the rest. Janet Reno running amuck. Yeah, let's keep demo's in power so we can get a few more like Richard "cold cash" Jefferson, James Trafficant, Dan Rostenkowski, Chuck Rangle and Maxine "it's not a socialist takeover" Waters. Reid has sold out to the far left. All you have to do is listen to the tape of his 1993 Senate floor rant against anchor babies. But ipso facto, he apologized for that, like he apologized for his "skin color" comment, "The war is lost", it's a good week, we only lost 36,000 jobs. And this is the guy you say is looking out for you? Ask yourself, why didn't Harry make a few calls for the group building Echelon Place? Why? Becauase they weren't big donors to his campaign. Now ask yourself how much Harry Reid cares about the people that were laid off there. This guy is about as worthless and corrupt as you can find.
It's hilarious to read the anti-left rants by some of the commenters here.
They all love to slam Senator Reid and make him the fall guy for everything.
There is a problem with the arguments though.
There seems to be no alternative. There are no votes of confidence for Sharron Angle.
When you wish to get rid of something, you want to always make sure you replace it with something of equal (or more) value. I don't see any of those things said with any form of conviction when referring to Sharron Angle.
The attack mode continues. And the attack mode is not confined to only Nevada...it's to every Democrat in the U.S.
I'm sorry, but I have no control over the rest of the U.S. Other voters around the country have to do their level best to slap every Republican out of office that they see. I can only do my part in Nevada.
My vote goes for Senator Reid. And not Sharron Angle.
I want to go forward. Not backwards. Besides, I want to wear a black t-shirt once in awhile and not be declared evil and related to Satan or something stupid like how she thinks.
14.8% yea right!
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/career...
@mrjb
That was a good read. Thanks.
Didn't Reagan change the way unemployment is calculated ? anyone besides propagandists of the wealthy care to comment ? Robert what does fred think ?
Come on Sharron, Legalize prostitution. Nevada needs the revenue.
Robert2, where are the job creation figures on the Clinton years?
I thought that when we want to MOVE FORWARD we're supposed to put the car in "D" as in "Democrats" and when we want to move in REVERSE we're supposed to put the car in "R" as in "Republicans" ...
Yet ...
Whenever anybody brings up the simple fact that the economy and unemployment in this country are in the worst shape since the Great Depression arguably and certainly since the last one term Democratic president (Jimmy Carter) back in 1977-1980 ...
The Democrats put the car in R and blame it all on the Republicans and never have word one to say about putting the car in D as in how are we going to drive forward out of this Depression?
What I would really like to know is how exactly the Republicans are to blame for the horrible unemployment rate in this country when the car has been in D since 2006 in both houses of Congress and D in the White House since January 2009?
Sometimes, like when there is a cliff in front of your car, it's a pretty good idea to stick the lever in R instead of D.
This might be one of those times.
people need to understand that this is going to become a long term trend as we have moved to a global ecomomy and that a system of americans making no products and importing everything can not last.
the devloping counties are growing and big buiss is spending lots of time and moeny trying to capitalize on the huge growth rates of 5 to 15% overseas rather than working on a shrinking american consumer.
Its the rep way find a new market and expand and make more money i dont blame them they are trying to be profitable but america needs to inovate as few products are made here.
want to fix things impose a import tax on all goods that can easily be made in america price it out so that manfacturing jobs come back to the states and restore the middle to lower class at the same time take the taxes from the import tax and pay down our debit
compaines are not stupid they will not bring jobs back to america just becuse its the right thing to do or they feel like it they will do it when the cost of making and shipping the end product is cheeper to make and transport here rather than overseas.
this is the real problem america faces that we have a to high of a import rate. want to help your country take pride and buy american anything even if it costs slightly more keep the moeny in america
The days of the lazy Detroit union auto-worker earning $70K/year with incredible benefits are GONE! Many yearn for the return of Eisenhower, the white picket-fence house and Swanson tv dinners in the foil package. Ain't gonna happen...
I honestly believe the whole alternative energy "thing" is our best shot, but we're too stupid to make it happen. Just keep drillin' says Sarah and our friends on the right. We're in gridlock and it's gonna get worse because Republicans are gonna pick up seats in both the House and Senate, but it won't be enough to push their agenda either, so we just argue for another 2/4/6 years (or more) while the world passes us by.
We stupidly chant USA, USA like it's a sporting contest we think we're winning... we're NOT winning! The world is catching on to us... they're willing to worker harder and for less to get what we've got.
It's official; we're worse than Detroit.
Thanks Harry Reid! You're the best!
Hey rude new york we drove off the cliff with W in September of 2008. The rich got a new car with the Tarp funds ; the poor were left dying in the wreck. We need clueless Republicans like holes in our heads !
THE BOTTOM LINE IS...HARRY REID JUST WANT TO SAVE HIS OWN JOB... SCREW YOURS!!! HEY HARRY...WILL MAKE YOU ONE OF US...WE WILL MAKE YOU UNEMPLOYED IN NOVEMBER!!!
@ColinFromLasVegas: Right said, Colin.
@9ballguy: Yes, man, you got it, we all would like to know, what Sharron is going to do against it, so let's do some search for her in her little campaign tour bus:
There's no smoke without fire,
No storm without rain,
Sharron might have reached higher,
if she had had a brain.
She only wants fresh banana,
to have fun in her bus,
como ninguna putana,
before she's off to buzz.
There's no smoke without fire,
No storm without rain,
Sharron might have reached higher,
if she had had a brain.
She only wants fresh banana,
to feel the heat in her bus,
como ninguna putana,
complaining 'bout all the fuzz.
There's no smoke without fire,
No storm without rain,
Sharron might have reached higher,
if she had had a brain.
She only wants fresh banana,
to make it hot in her bus,
to splish-splash over her pillow,
and testify 'bout her lust.
There's no smoke without fire,
No storm without rain,
Sharron might have reached higher,
if she had had a brain.
She only wants fresh banana,
to make it tall in her bus,
como ninguna putana
creates a rainfall of lust.
Sorry, folks, nothing new found out, that Sharron could/would do about unemployment, only the usual short term banana action without any long term satisfaction.
So, I would suggest, to put Sharron on unemployment herself, to make her find new creative ways out of it/concepts against it.
If only 40% of our US population are employed, and we lose 14% to unemployment, how many of us are working to pay taxes to support everyone else? We cannot afford to bail out all the other countries when they have a disaster. We have a disaster here.
if you added all the gang members to the count of unemployed, the % would go down. afterall they are doing jobs that no one else can do. they keep the police busy and on their toes. just think you can actually create jobs, just by signing them up.
Get your card board box ready because thats where your going to be living if the Wealthy Republicans take over !
I got laid off in December 2008 after over a decade at one employer. I never filed for unemployment. I have been doing contract jobs for several people or companies since. (1099, not "under the table") Fully taxed. Some months have been very lean. When I had to take some $$ out of my 401k to pay bills, The government took taxes plus a 10 percent penalty. There are losers by the millions walking away from their houses and cars and going BK on credit cards, I have struggled to keep my bills paid. Even to the point of not running the A.C. AT ALL this summer and cutting back on EVERYTHING that is not absolutely necessary to save what little money I have for bills. Why should they take that 10% penalty? I didn't blow it on a new boat, I spent it to pay my mortgage and grocery bill. Yes, let Obama and Harry, et-al keep saying it's good now. NO IT ISN'T. Obama does nothing but blame the "previous administration". It's been over 1 1/2 years, that excuse is growing thin. The dems are in control and STILL can't get anything done, instead they blame the Republicans. I will never get any work from a "jobs bill" anyway. We don't need a "jobs bill" we need a responsible government to quit taxing us to death so they can pay the way for the millions of lazy slugs who refuse to work and/or refuse to pay their bills. Don't try to tell me Harry, Nancy and Barry have the answer. I'm one of those not in the unemployment number, but all those like me should also be counted to get the real number, probably put it over 20%.