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Unemployment Scales Back * USA - The trucking industry lost some 6,800 jobs lost in July
Washington,DC,USA -The Associated Press/The Trucker -8 July 2009 — Employers sharply scaled back layoffs in July, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first time in 15 months, sending a strong signal that the worst recession since World War II is finally ending... A net total of 247,000 jobs were lost last month, the fewest in a year. That compares with 443,000 jobs that disappeared in June. And the unemployment rate for July declined to 9.4 percent from 9.5 percent in June... The trucking industry lost some 6,800 jobs lost in July. Since the end of 2008, the industry has lost 77,700, a drop of 5.8 percent... The BLS said 128,100 trucking jobs have been lost since July 2008 – just before the current decline – total 128,100... Labels: truckers' job losses
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