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Some good news regarding unemployment numbers
The economy is at tricky juncture. Things are clearly better if you look at some indicators – such as last quarter’s 3.5 percent figure for gross domestic product. But that jump has not manifested itself in a meaningful way – at least not yet. Consider the unemployment figures for Patchwork Nation in September (the most recent month available for county-by-county figures). There are signs that things are getting better – in some places – but the changes are not the kinds of things you write home about. Nine of our 12 community types saw small drops in the unemployment rate – emphasis on ... Another bad month for foreclosures doesn’t tell the whole storyThe latest episode in the national foreclosure story line sounds dire: Foreclosure filings in the United States rose by 5 percent in the third quarter of 2009. One in every 136 homes is now in some state of foreclosure nationally, according to the firm RealtyTrac. The report does have a ... Is The Health Care Debate About Reform or Obama?Health care reform, President Obama's key domestic challenge, cleared a major hurdle Tuesday but a look through Patchwork Nation shows that support for reform is still below 50 percent in 10 of 12 of the project's community types.Suburban Mass. Foreclosures Threaten RecoveryIn Sudbury, Mass., people are losing their homes in pre-sub-prime crisis fashion: because of unemployment. And most of their loans are from local banks, leading the the local banks to be more conservative lenders.Ohio County Competes For Wind Turbine Testing FacilityLorain County in Northeast Ohio has joined the Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force to compete for federal funds to build a wind turbine testing facility. |
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