Wed Apr 18, 2012, 06:07 PM

Bozita (26,949 posts)

Auto industry resurgence sends Michigan's unemployment rate down to 8.5%

Source: Detroit Free Press

Auto industry resurgence sends Michigan's unemployment rate down to 8.5%
4:28 PM, April 18, 2012
BY Katherine Yung
DETROIT FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER

Michigan’s unemployment rate continued to move in the right direction in March, dropping to 8.5% from 8.8% in February. The last time the state’s jobless rate reached this level was in August 2008.

“During the first quarter of 2012, the number of unemployed in Michigan fell by 37,000,” Rick Waclawek, director of the state’s Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives, said in a statement.

Payroll jobs in the state have increased by 57,000 or 1.4% since March 2011, with nearly all of the hiring occurring in manufacturing, professional and business services and education and health services.

Michigan’s unemployment rate, which was once the highest in the nation, is now just a tad above the U.S. unemployment rate, which stood at 8.2% in March.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20120418/BUSINESS06/120418030/Gov-Snyder-Michigan-unemployment-rate?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Gotta wonder what Willard Rmoney says about this.

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Auto industry resurgence sends Michigan's unemployment rate down to 8.5% (Original post)	Bozita	Apr 2012	OP
I bet Romney kicked a puppy about 50 yards on hearing this news ... take a look.	JoePhilly	Apr 2012	#1
Thankfully...	blue_onyx	Apr 2012	#2
And they will keep on electing some GOP there, too. Can't win for losing some days.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#8
K and R for good ol' JSnuffy	Kingofalldems	Apr 2012	#3
I just bought a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited last month.	SadPanda	Apr 2012	#4
Clearly this socialism must end	iandhr	Apr 2012	#5
"Let Detroit go bankrupt!"	aaaaaa5a	Apr 2012	#6
Spin that Mitt. n/t	deacon	Apr 2012	#7
I heard on NPR yesterday that the president is returning to a Community College.....	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#9

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Wed Apr 18, 2012, 06:10 PM

JoePhilly (15,969 posts)

1. I bet Romney kicked a puppy about 50 yards on hearing this news ... take a look.

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Wed Apr 18, 2012, 06:18 PM

blue_onyx (4,211 posts)

2. Thankfully...

Obama didn't turn his back on the auto industry like Romney wanted.

It's so damn annoying to watch Gov. Snyder tweeting that the reinvention of MI is working. He's done NOTHING to help improve MI's economy. The unemployment rate was decreasing for 1.5 years before he even came into office. Of course the "liberal media" won't point this out.

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Thu Apr 19, 2012, 12:20 AM

freshwest (31,279 posts)

8. And they will keep on electing some GOP there, too. Can't win for losing some days.

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Wed Apr 18, 2012, 06:22 PM

Kingofalldems (11,054 posts)

3. K and R for good ol' JSnuffy

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Wed Apr 18, 2012, 06:48 PM

SadPanda (176 posts)

4. I just bought a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited last month.

Built in Toledo. All of the parts made in America, mostly in Michigan. Chrysler corporation Italian majority ownership negotiated through the Obama Administration. It's CEO decided to pay off the government loan "bailout" within three years. State of the Art facilities.

Had to wait 7 weeks for the vehicle to arrive (I ordered it custom.)

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Wed Apr 18, 2012, 06:50 PM

iandhr (2,241 posts)

5. Clearly this socialism must end

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Wed Apr 18, 2012, 06:56 PM

aaaaaa5a (3,696 posts)

6. "Let Detroit go bankrupt!"

Please explain to me how Michigan is a battle-ground state again?

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Wed Apr 18, 2012, 09:40 PM

deacon (5,967 posts)

7. Spin that Mitt. n/t

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Thu Apr 19, 2012, 01:54 AM

Tarheel_Dem (16,604 posts)

9. I heard on NPR yesterday that the president is returning to a Community College.....

where he spoke a couple of years ago (I think it's in OH), but the point of the report was that the first time the president visited, area unemployment was at 11%, and now it's down to 7.5%, which is lower than the national average. Community colleges are the frontline for retraining unemployed workers, and helping them find their way back into the workforce.

I hope the speech gets posted here.

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