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Posted on 06/18/2010 2:22:36 PM PDT by Steelfish
California Unemployment Report Fosters Doubts On Recovery The addition of 28,300 jobs in May mostly represents temporary census positions, adding to fears that the state's climb out of the recession will take longer than expected.
Alana Semuels June 18, 2010
California added 28,300 jobs to its payrolls in May, but many were temporary government jobs, adding to fears that the economic recovery will be even more sluggish than originally anticipated. The state added 30,000 federal government jobs in the month, according to the Employment Development Department. Many of them were census jobs. The manufacturing, information and professional and business services sectors also posted slight gains in the month.
The state's unemployment rate dipped to 12.4%, from a revised 12.5% in April.
Still, the large number of government jobs portends bad news for the economy. "The 28,300 net job gain is illusory," said Michael Bernick, the former head of the EDD and now a lawyer at the Sedgwick firm in San Francisco. "This number is … nearly all census workers."
The unemployment rate in Los Angeles County increased in May, to 12.3%, from a revised 12.2% in April. The county added 6,500 jobs, mostly in government, leisure and hospitality, information, trade, transportation and utilities. The federal government was responsible for 9,300 jobs, helping to offset big losses in the traditionally strong education and health services fields. Construction posted a small gain of 500 jobs.
Employers in the Inland Empire added 3,800 jobs, about 2,800 of which were federal government positions. That region's unemployment rate dipped to 13.9% in May, down from a revised 14.2% in April. That region has lost 35,200 jobs over the year.
In Orange County, the unemployment rate dipped to 9.2% from a revised 9.5% in April as employers added 9,100 jobs. Government accounted for much of...
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“California Unemployment Report Fosters Doubts On Recovery [New Jobs Mostly Government Workers!]”
There’s no doubt the recovery is purely wishful thinking.
IIRC, there are some places in CA with over 20% unemployment.
Well, if it'll make the LAT feel any better, it's better than I expected. I still predict a full-blown depression once the pseudo job creations are done with after the elections.
When will the last census workers be gone? Then, we’ll get the real numbers on unemployment.
Real numbers from zero and his minions....you must be dreaming!
Oh? Forgetting the oil cleanup?
And since CA is a nation that sets the pace for many trends I expect to see numbers like this across the nation very soon.
Don’t worry folks, when the tax cuts expire at the start of next year what is in effect a huge tax increase will inspire everyone to go out and hire, hire, hire!
Imperial County (on the border with Mexico and Arizona) was at 22.1% way back in June 2008.
The recovery is as real as the credit fairy...oh, wait, I have seen some strange acting dudes taking credit apps.
Look, we've invented the self licking ice cream cone.
I was wondering just how many jobs California outsourced to other countries.
Well, Imperial County was over 30% in 2009 and now (May 2010) it’s 27.5%, so perhaps things are looking up! ;-)
Oh, wait...that 2009 number was for October 2009...bad comparison. In May 2009, it was 27.1%. :-(
They'll all be re-hired to be claims administrators for for he 80 million or so people filing claims against BP.
Think about it... if you make pencils in Maine, which you "thought about selling" to a distributor who might sell some to a hotel in the region, then you have a claim. There's going to be a lot of paperwork to be done for the next few generations.
What... like Aztlán?
Or even India.
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