From the Department of Labor: "Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged in December, at 7.3 percent. The comparable national jobless rate for December was 8.5 percent, down from 8.7 percent in November. Both rates were lower than a year ago, when the national unemployment rate was 9.4 percent and Alaska’s was 7.9 percent.
"Not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates increased in all six of the state’s regions, as they typically do in December. Rates were lower than December 2010 in four regions, about the same in the Northern Region, and noticeably higher in the Southwest Region. The largest increases in Southwest were in the Aleutians East Borough and in the Aleutians West and Wade Hampton census areas.
"Nineteen of 30 areas in the state had unemployment rates in the double digits, and fi ve of those exceeded 20 percent — not unusual for Alaska in the winter. Rates were highest in Skagway and the Aleutians East Borough, whose economies are tied to fi shing and tourism and/or suffer from a lack of year-round employment opportunities. The areas with the lowest rates tend to be the state’s larger communities, where seasonal employment is less pronounced.
"Wage and salary employment continued its typical seasonal decline in December, with job counts falling the most in construction and manufacturing, which is mostly seafood processing. Job numbers were below December 2010 levels, but the preliminary estimates are subject to potentially large revisions."
Maybe they should just produce more job offers to solve the unemployment rate of their country.
Posted by: jobs online | February 06, 2012 at 11:03 AM