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SC Unemployment Rate Dips Slightly

South Carolina’s unemployment rate slid from 8.6 percent in February to 8.4 percent in March, according to the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) – but this decline was accompanied by another drop in the state’s record-low labor participation rate. SCDEW officials did not disclose the state’s current labor…

South Carolina’s unemployment rate slid from 8.6 percent in February to 8.4 percent in March, according to the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) – but this decline was accompanied by another drop in the state’s record-low labor participation rate.

SCDEW officials did not disclose the state’s current labor participation rate, they merely announced that it had experienced a “minor decline” from February to March. In February this key indicator – which measures the number of working age persons who are either employed or looking for a job – hit a record low of 58.6 percent.

As recently as June of 2011, that number was at 60.9 percent.

Nationally, the labor participation rate stands at 63.3 percent – its lowest level in thirty-four years.

Developing …

MARCH 2013 UNEMPLOYMENT REPORT (.pdf)

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8 comments

BigT April 19, 2013 at 9:44 am

.FITS is in FULL IDIOT mode..Quit trying to change the subject. The Boston Bombers are the ONLY news…

The Boston Terrorist are Muslim. You F$**ked up BIGTIME in worship of your liberal Masters…

Quit trying to play journalist. You have feces ALL over your face….

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Smirks April 19, 2013 at 11:03 am

Take your meds dude, FITS can post whatever the fuck he wants, and the Boston story isn’t the only goddamn thing happening in the world.

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HammerTime April 19, 2013 at 11:16 am

More like BigT is in full idiot mode…

Can’t touch this!

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dwb619 April 19, 2013 at 2:08 pm

Speaking of “FULL IDIOT” mode, I give you the

big idio”T”!
YOU BETCHA!
YOU BETCHA!
Rumor has it he has a Palin blow up doll, and if he is a good “little” boy, mommy may let him inflate it.

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BigT April 19, 2013 at 9:44 am

.FITS is in FULL IDIOT mode..Quit trying to change the subject. The Boston Bombers are the ONLY news…

The Boston Terrorist are Muslim. You F$**ked up BIGTIME in worship of your liberal Masters…

Quit trying to play journalist. You have feces ALL over your face….

Reply
Smirks April 19, 2013 at 11:03 am

Take your meds dude, FITS can post whatever the fuck he wants, and the Boston story isn’t the only goddamn thing happening in the world.

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HammerTime April 19, 2013 at 11:16 am

More like BigT is in full idiot mode…

Can’t touch this!

Reply
dwb619 April 19, 2013 at 2:08 pm

Speaking of “FULL IDIOT” mode, I give you the

big idio”T”!
YOU BETCHA!
YOU BETCHA!
Rumor has it he has a Palin blow up doll, and if he is a good “little” boy, mommy may let him inflate it.

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