The articles discusses the drop in the unemployment rate as the job market starts to slowly improve. The unemployment rate is in October is 9%, which is .1% lower than the previous month. There has been a trend of decreases in the unemployment rate across the majority of states - 36 states saw a decrease in the unemployment rate, 5 states saw an increase, and 9 remained unchanged. Nevada has the highest unemployment rate of 13.4%, while California follows shortly behind with a staggering 11.7%. People seeking unemployment benefits have declined, thus, more are entering into the labor force. The article can be found in the following link below:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/unemployment-rates-drop-in-three-quarters-of-us-states-as-job-market-slowly-improves/2011/11/22/gIQAl8O5kN_story.html
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