State of Connecticut February 2009 Unemployment

March 12, 2009
Matt Isleib

 

Another  month and another round of numbers, and now at a very alarming and worrisome pace Connecticut is fast on the heels of the national unemployment figure. The national figure rose from 7.6% in January to 8.1% in February and a total job loss of 651,000 for the month. The 0.5% percent jump in unemployment was one of the biggest monthly swings on record.

 

Since December 2007 the U.S. has lost 4.38 million jobs. That number really kind of puts things in perspective a little. Almost daily you can jump on the internet and find an article somewhere in the country where there was a job opening and 500 people or more applied for it. Connecticut’s unemployment figure jumped to 7.4% a spike from the 6.6% month ago number. Connecticut is fast on the heels of the national average and there is no signal in sight of the jobless claims slowing down.