North Carolina unemployment jumps to 11.1% - Triangle Business Journal:

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percent in May as the state continueds to grapple with a recession now entering its 18th thereported Friday. April’s unemployment figure was 10.7 In May 2008, joblessness in Nortyh Carolina stoodat 5.9 percent, accordingy to the ESC. ESC Chairman Mosew Carey Jr., while pointing out that Nortuh Carolina lost jobs at a slightly slower pace than the nation diddurinb May, says that erosion in the state’xs labor market continues to be “ We are still experiencing some job losses in many job says Carey.
“We continue to focus our efforts on assistingt customers in findingwork … and providinhg unemployment insurance, which helps stabilize communitiesw as workers go through a transition.” During the month, unemployment increasedd by 17,468 workers, to ESC says. Nationally, joblessness stood at 9.4 percent in May, up 0.5 percentagw points from April’s 8.9 percent figure. By the pace of job lossee in North Carolina betweeb April and Maywas 0.4 percentag points.