According to statistics released on Thursday, more people are looking for work as the unemployment rate for Rutherford County for February was 9.3 percent, a half point increase from January. In February 2008, the rate was only 4.8 percent.I'm surprised how high the number is for Smyrna. The national rate for February was 8.1% and I had thought that Smyrna was bucking the storm of jobs a little better than most.
The unemployment rates for Murfreesboro (11.2 percent), Smyrna (10.9) and La Vergne (9. 3 percent) increased marginally from January, but significantly since February 2008, either doubling in percentage or landing just shy of the figure.
The state’s unemployment rate for February was 9.1 percent, up 0.5 percentage point from the January rate of 8.6 percent.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Employment numbers
The numbers for February here locally are not good.
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Maybe this means the town will start cutting taxes and lifting restrictions on businesses? If I read these numbers and was on the Town Council, I'd start looking for ways to reduce the burden of government ASAP!
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