Slight Dip in Ohio's Unemployment

05/16/2008 14:21:28


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The state says Ohio's unemployment rate was 5.6 percent in April, down from the revised rate of 5.8 percent
in March.
   
The figures released Friday show that the number of unemployed workers in April was 335,000, down from 345,000 in March. The
number of unemployed people has decreased by 2,000 in the past year.

The rate this April was unchanged from the 5.6 percent rate a year earlier. The state's 5.6 percent unemployment figure tops the national
rate of 5.0 percent.
   
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says Ohio continued to feel the effects of a sluggish economy in April.
Overall, losses continue in the service and goods-producing industries.
   

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