A day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average
closed at a six-year high, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
today released its State Employment and Unemployment report
for month ending March 2006. Among other encouraging economic
news, the report indicates that:
| • Over the past year non-farm payroll employment
increased in 48 States and the District
of Columbia. |
| • Jobless rates were down over the year in 43
States and the District of Columbia. |
| • From March 2005 to March 2006 Missouri added
nearly 34,000 jobs and reduced unemployment to 4.5 percent. |
“The pro-growth policies Republicans have pursued –
both in Washington and here in Missouri - have created this
strong economy and millions of new jobs,” said Akin.
“Despite increased energy prices and international
instability, under Republican leadership the American economy
has grown stronger and continues to be the envy of the world,”
concluded Akin.
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