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Unemployment up in Oklahoma

Paul Crockett

@ July 20, 2010 4:50 PM Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0)

(Oklahoma City, OK) - Oklahoma's unemployment rate sees a small uptick. It rose by one tenth of a percent in June to 6.8%.

In contrast the state also saw a small rise in the number of jobs created. John Carpenter with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says that's possible because the jobs created numbers refer to the number of positions and some of those can be vacant.

The seasonally adjusted numbers for June nonfarm employment expanded by 4,300 jobs. The sector with the largest growth was in professional and business services with a rise of 3,300 jobs.

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tier 4
people are going to start robbing banks the people that work at unemployment don't do there jobs just plain lazy if the unemployment rate is that low then lay them off to
By rex @ 08/02/10 01:02:25 PMreport abuse
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LOW LIFE'S NO TIER 4
By rex @ 07/29/10 03:10:16 PMreport abuse
Oklahoma Tier 4
Congress & President are making a big splash about signing law to extend unemployment insurance, but this is nonsense in Oklahoma stuck in Tier 3.
By Richard @ 07/23/10 10:33:43 AMreport abuse
what they don't tell you is thet the people that lost there jobs and have run out of unemployment they don't count them as unemployed get the hint and about 2.3 percent on to the rate thats the true number wake up coburn your messed up dude
By walt @ 07/21/10 04:04:23 PMreport abuse
TIER 4
there going to leave us hanging if there's no tier 4 what about that
By JOHN @ 07/20/10 08:17:13 PMreport abuse