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Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 | 4:50 p.m.
Nevada’s unemployment rate fell to 11.1 percent during 2012, signaling a slow economic recovery.
The state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Thursday that the rate fell 2.1 percentage points from 2011.
And 18,100 more workers were employed in 2012 than 2011, all of them in private business. “The private sector led the way with an average increase of 19,400 jobs, while the public sector lost 1,300 jobs,” the department said.
But employment is still 157,600 jobs below the peak level in 2007 before the recession hit.
Department Chief Economist Bill Anderson said, “Employment levels in Nevada are increasing but the growth has lagged national trends due to the dependence of a healthy national and international economy to feed disposable income into Nevada’s leisure, hospitality and gaming industries.”
The 11.1 percent unemployment rate is below the agency’s prediction of 11.6 percent.
Of course, the REAL number is closer to 20% because of all the people Obama has removed from the unemployment rolls just to make his numbers look better.
Of course, you knew that---just didn't want to report it.
Wow 11.1% unemployment, looks like President Obama has pointed America on the right direction. Real unemployment figures are closer to 20% in Nevada when you factor in the underemployed, unemployed and those who have just given up looking for a job. Black teen unemployment is around 40% plus, with Hispanic unemployment at about 14%. Everything is blissful here in Nevada... Elections have consequences, how's that change working out for you?
Brian Sandoval's economy has stalled.
Where's the economic diversification he promised in 2010?
Where are the jobs he promised in 2010?
And why aren't his fellow republicans holding the Governor responsible for his poor track record on jobs and Sandoval's stalled economy?
ksand its Obama's economy get used to it.
Too bad they didn't count the folks in Obamas welfare army.
Wow 11% , yeah right, If they would just be honest and give true numbers out but that will never happen because the way they do the survey is questionable in the first place. I wonder if they included the number of jobs that never happened due to the sports complex(hee hee)in Henderson that fell apart.