STATE, COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT EXPECTED TO FOLLOW U.S. TREND.Byline: Deborah Adamson Daily News Staff Writer The state and county unemployment rates should be lower for November as they reflect the tight job market nationally, economists said Friday. The U.S. jobless rate for November fell to 4.4 percent, the smallest in six months and near its 28-year low, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday. The nation added 267,000 jobs last month, exceeding analysts' forecasts. The jobless rate for California and 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, to be released Friday, should be lower as well, said Tom Lieser, executive director of the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Anderson Forecast Project in Los Angeles. The state's latest reported jobless rate was 5.9 percent for October while Los Angeles County has had a rate in the 6.5 percent range. In recent years, California and Los Angeles has been narrowing its jobless rate gap with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . But the jobless rate should edge up again next year as holiday hiring in retail ends and the effects of recently announced layoffs at companies such as Boeing Co. take hold, 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. Jack Kyser, chief economist The Chief Economist is a single position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis. It is distinguished from the other economist positions by the broader scope of responsibility encompassing the at the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit business development group. ``The December (jobless rate) should continue to run low, but in January we'll bounce up as some layoffs factor in,'' Kyser said. |
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