Unemployment Rate In Motor City Hits 17 Percent

I just returned to Baltimore from a vacation in Denver, blogging times again. Bad economic news coming out of the motor city in Michigan, the unemployment rate in urban Detroit is at 17 percent which is a full two points higher than what was previously reported. All in all, the unemployment rate went higher to 17.1 percent the previous month and in May was an alleged 14.9 percent. That is bad even for Michigan, and the high gas prices do not help much either. It is bad in Denver and Towson as well, especially in Baltimore. For example you could be in trouble considering the overall real estate market. I am sure many Baltimore foreclosure attorney
and Towson bankruptcy attorney are busiy now but especially the foreclosure guys over in Baltimore generally. In fact it is not a good thing to be a real estate property management company in a lot of places right now.Broadly speaking, the urban area of Detroit-Livoinia metropolitan is stated to be the highest of some forty-nine different urban centers with one million people according to the Labor Department reports. One thing that could help the economy is if Michigan gas utilities would use less natural gas and more alternative energy to keep the gas prices lower overall. As an aside if you need more up to date and timely employment news then I suggest this resource. Alright now back to the main article; On the whole, these particular employment numbers are seen in other urban areas with Kokomo Indiana reporting a 22.8 percent jump in jobless rates over that of the same time in 2008. The unemployment rate now stands at a rather dismal 19.2 percent in that area. Of course there are other indicators as well. When I was in Big Bear, for instance, I noted that the Denver Co Lighting installation market was a bit strange overall but then again with all of the foreclosure activity that could always be the cases for all I know when it comes to the tn contractors license market and lighting installation Denver Co Electrical contractors overall plus security and Breaker replacement.
Riverside and San Bernardino, California urban areas have the next highest rate of unemployment compared with other urban areas with an unemployment rate of 13.1 percent showing that even the Golden State is not immune to this type of thing. Big Bear is not on that level because it is a different type of town but real estate is down. Charlolette, Gastonia and Concord metro area in North Carolina showed an unemployment rate of 12.4 percent. Bismarck North Dakota showed the least unemployment with a 3.8 unemployment rate and the national unemployment rate stands at 9.5 percent in June and is expected to rise as high as 10 precnt before the year’s end. Baltimore and Denver are bad too.



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