Missouri unemployment worsens, but slows - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The state’s seasonally adjusted unemploymenrt rate increased to 9 percentin May, up from 8.1 perceny in April, the department reported Monday. April’s 0.6-poinr decrease in unemployment now appears anomalous, with the May increase part of an upward trenx dating to mid-2008, state officials said. Approximateluy 272,000 Missourians were estimated to have been jobless duringy the monthof May.
Nonfarm payroll employment decreaserdby 3,700 jobs in May, marking the smallesgt monthly decrease since employment began to drop sharply in Job losses were concentrated in manufacturing (3,700) and construction which were partly offset by gain s in health care and social assistance (2,000) and locaol government (900). During the past year, employmenft dropped by 74,300 jobs, or 2.7 The main exceptions to the downward trend in the past year have been privater educationalservices (2,500), health care and social assistancs (6,000), federal government (2,700) and locapl government (3,300). The national unemployment rate in Maywas 9.
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