In 27 states, unemployment is at its lowest in at least four years

by confuzzled dude Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:03 am

Unemployment has reached multi-year lows in 27 states, a bit of positive news for state labor markets that are still struggling through a mild recovery.

Not a single one saw unemployment rise in November, according to the Labor Department. (Rates held steady in five states and fell in 45.)

But many states will have to add jobs much faster if they hope to close the wide gap between population growth and jobs growth. In 37 states, the share of jobs needed to return the local economy to pre-recession employment rates is at or above 5 percent, according to the analysis provided by Doug Hall, director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network at EPI.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/12/23/in-27-states-unemployment-is-at-its-lowest-in-at-least-four-years/?hpid=z4

by Hellsangel Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:04 am

Yay! We also don't care for Obamacare.

by confuzzled dude Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:52 am

Hellsangel wrote:Yay! We also don't care for Obamacare.

"North Dakota's insurance commissioner, Adam Hamm, estimates his constituents have seen 11,000 cancellations and only about 265 enrollments through HealthCare.gov.

Many of the people whose plans were cancelled have gone and bought new insurance through brokers or directly from insurance companies. So the gap between plan cancellations and new plan sign-ups is considerably smaller than these numbers suggest. But it's not at all likely that it's been closed."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/23/wonkbook-obamacares-newly-uninsured/

-> How is this Obamacare's fault, this also proves that Obamacare didn't adversely impact any of the existing plan holders, all that sob stories that came out earlier were nothing but a gross exaggeration of facts.

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