Nevada's Unemployment Numbers Continue to Climb

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Updated: 8:53 AM Dec 17, 2010 Nevada's Unemployment Numbers Continue to Climb The number of unemployed people in Nevada continues to climb. Posted: 5:05 AM Dec 17, 2010 Reporter: KOLO Email Address: news@kolotv.com

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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada's unemployment rate rose slightly in November, to 14.3 percent.

A state official calls that a sign that the worst of the recession is over and that Nevada's economy is stabilizing.

The Nevada state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said Friday the increase came a month after the state jobless rate dropped to 14.2 percent in October. It peaked at a record 15 percent in September.

The unemployment rate in Las Vegas climbed two-tenths of a percent last month, to 14.3 percent.

State economist Bill Anderson calls the November figures an indication that the recession is easing.

But he says the unemployment rate is likely to remain high well into next year.

Nevada has led the nation in joblessness, bankruptcies and
foreclosures.

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Posted by: joe Location: reno on Dec 18, 2010 at 07:24 AM

Suck it up, get off the couch, and go get a job; there are jobs out there, you just need to stop riding the unemployment gravy train!

Posted by: America Location: gardnerville on Dec 17, 2010 at 01:09 PM

he has done better than that other joker

Posted by: Mike Location: Reno on Dec 17, 2010 at 09:10 AM

So, you voted for Harry, hunh? How's that workin' out for ya?

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