The latest Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release
(http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf)
was issued today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Highlights are below.
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Jobless rates were lower in May than a year earlier in 274 of
the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 85, and unchanged in 13. Nonfarm
payroll employment was up in 201 metropolitan areas over the year,
down in 157, and unchanged in 14.