Mar 28, 2009

Florida’s February 2009 unemployment rate is the highest since April 1976

In February Florida's unemployment rate is 9.4%. This is up from January's 8.8% and higher than the national rate of 8.1%

Comment on the efforts to improve unemployment situation from the Agency for Workforce Innovation:

“To help reinvigorate Florida’s economy, Governor Charlie Crist recently announced the infusion of $165 million in federal economic stimulus funds to directly benefit both job seekers and businesses,” said Agency Interim Director Cynthia Lorenzo. “These funds will provide critically-needed training and job placement services including summer employment opportunities for young people and assistance for Floridians at One-Stop Career Centers around the state.”

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1 comment:

Greg Staker said...

That was then, now the unemployment rate for July 2009 is 10.7 percent. October 1975 was the last time the rate was higher that it was in July 2009.