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Pennsylvania's Jobs Report

Published in Health Business Week, February 13th, 2009

While the United States has now been in recession for a year, most of the job losses nationally and in Pennsylvania occurred in just the last three months of 2008. Early figures on unemployment claims for the first part of January are also unsettling. These are clear indicators that the economy's downward spiral is accelerating rapidly and that policymakers in Washington, D.C. and Harrisburg need to step up their efforts to stimulate the economy.

Pennsylvania lost 59,100 jobs in just the last quarter of 2008, compared to 76,000 jobs in the entire 12-month period since the recession began, according to figures released. (Visit URL to see "Accelerated Job Loss in...

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Source: Health Business Week (2009-02-13)

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