BRIEFCASE.Byline: -- Staff and Wire Services L.A. jobless job·less adj. 1. Having no job. 2. Of or relating to those who have no jobs. n. (used with a pl. verb) Unemployed people considered as a group. Used with the. rate up to 5.1 percent The seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Mathematically adjusted by moderating a macroeconomic indicator (e.g., oil prices/imports) so that relative comparisons can be drawn from month to month all year. unemployment rate for Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County rose to 5.1 percent in May, up from 4.6 percent in April, state officials reported Friday. The May unemployment rate was lower than the 5.5 percent rate in the same month last year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Employment Development Department. The statewide unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in May, up from 4.7 percent in April but below the 5.5 percent rate in May 2005. U.S. deficit falls from 2005 high WASHINGTON -- The deficit in the broadest measure of foreign trade narrowed sharply in the first three months of this year after setting a record high at the end of 2005. America's current account trade deficit fell to $208.7 billion in the January-March quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday. |
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