El Paso Unemployment Rate Slowly Dropping (job market, housing, area)

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The febuary 2008 unemployment rates are out and El Paso is at 5.5%. Last month in January it was at 5.9% and this time last year Febuary 2007 it was at 6.5%. What's remarkable is that while the country is skidding toward a slowdown or recession and with housing laying off thousands of jobs in the U.S. at least El Paso is still slowly dropping.

http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/pres...2708epress.pdf

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Originally Posted by 6 FOOT 3

The febuary 2008 unemployment rates are out and El Paso is at 5.5%. Last month in January it was at 5.9% and this time last year Febuary 2007 it was at 6.5%. What's remarkable is that while the country is skidding toward a slowdown or recession and with housing laying off thousands of jobs in the U.S. at least El Paso is still slowly dropping.

http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/pres...2708epress.pdf

Real good info, 6 FOOT.

While the job market is obviously a huge area of needed improvement in El Paso, at least by slowly but surely baby steps things appear to be improving in the city.