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Oct. unemployment down in Mo., up in Ill.
Nov 20th, 2009 - bizjournals
Missouri’s unemployment rate was 8.9 percent in October, down from 9.3 percent in September but up from 6.3 percent in October 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. The Illinois rate was 10.5 percent in October...
Texas jobless rate up, but so is number of jobs
Nov 20th, 2009 - Boston
AUSTIN, Texas—Texas' unemployment rate inched up to 8.3 percent in October while the state bucked a yearlong trend by adding jobs, officials said Friday. The state's jobless rate rose from 8.2 percent in September...
NC jobless rate bumps up to 11 percent in October
Nov 20th, 2009 - Forbes
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's unemployment rate rose slightly to 11 percent in October, a fraction off its historic peak earlier this year and the ninth straight month in double digits...
NC jobless rate stuck in double digits most of year rises slightly to 11 percent in October
Nov 20th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's unemployment rate rose slightly to 11 percent in October, a fraction off its historic peak earlier this year and the ninth straight month in double digits...
Most States See Higher Jobless Rates
Nov 20th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Unemployment rose in 29 states in the U.S. during October, hinting the threat posed by weak labor markets to the economic recovery might be growing. Labor Department data...

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Kathy Masera of the California Job Journal reflected Friday on California's unemployment rate, which has hit 10.1 percent.

Unemployment Rate stories from Digg:

Majority of states see unemployment rates move higher in Oct
Given that the nation's overall unemployment rate rose to its highest level in decades in October, it's perhaps not surprising that a majority of states reported higher numbers of joblessness last month compared to September, according to fresh data released Friday from the U.S. Department of Labor.(Political News)
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CA Unemployment at record 12.5 percent
California’s unemployment rate has hit a new high at 12.5 percent according to the Employment Development Department. The rate is up from 12.2 in September even with about 25,700 job gains last month the rate still rose, they announced Friday.(Travel & Places)
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Democrats getting more blame for economy - Boston Globe
"Not only has the 'stimulus' not produced jobs the Administration promised, but now we continue to discover numerous cases of waste, fraud, and incompetence in Ohio and across the country,” the House GOP leader, Representative John Boehner of Ohio, said in a statement today after word that Ohio's unemployment rate had risen to 10.5 percent ...(Political News)
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Unemployment Rate from WikiPedia:

Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and seeking work but currently without work. The prevalence of unemployment is usually measured using the unemployment rate, which is defined as the percentage of those in the labor force who are unemployed. The unemployment rate is also used in economic studies and economic indices such as the United States' Conference Board's Index of Leading Indicators as a measure of the state of the macroeconomics.

Most economic schools of thought agree that the cause of involuntary unemployment is that wages are above the market clearing rate. However, there are disagreements as to why this would be the case: the economists argue that in a downturn, wages stay high because they are naturally 'sticky', whilst others argue that minimum wages and union activity keep them high.