Interactive: When will the nation's job markets return to normal?

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http://www.sacbee.com/1098/v-print/story/1936416.html

Interactive: When will the nation's job markets return to normal?

preese@sacbee.com

Published Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2009


While signs indicate that the worst of the recession may be over, only six metropolitan areas across the country are expected to regain their pre-recession employment levels by the end of 2009, according to projections from IHS Global Insight, a leading economic forecaster. Most of the country - 286 of 325 metro areas covered in the IHS analysis - aren't likely to regain their pre-recession employment levels until at least 2012. This map shows what year economic forecasters say each metro area will return to employment levels seen before the recession.

--Also: Find your area's current unemployment rate

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Durwood said:

My area is 2014 or beyond. Just my luck...

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Ditto, but....."A country Boy Can Survive"

What is normal or is going to be considered normal in the future. With so much of our manufacturing capability and base now gone forever overseas for more favorable tax base and cheaper labor available there. With many of our industries now controlled by foreign owners who may actually have some patriotic pride in their own country. And now have the ability to idle or close plants here to keep their own countrymen working at America's working class expense or sacrifice. I'm really wondering how we as a country are going to recover to a viable country with jobs enough to go around for everyone even low paying ones. WM only needs so many people to stock their shelf's, and retail can only keep so many people employed. Where are the rest supposed to work.

MetroStateUnemployed, April '08Unemployed, April '09Unemployment rate, April '08Unemployment rate, April '09 Return to Normal*
Chicago-Naperville-JolietIllinois ............264,200....... 475,500.......... 5.4% .............9.8%..................................... 2014 Q1

Bbbbb butt but but

I thought the Kenyan Hussein was gonna save us all?

Here's a song ? I heard the first time this morning. Does it sound like anyone else s neighborhood ?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWRfBZY-ng"]YouTube - James McMurtry "We can't make it here"[/ame]

Ray said:

Bbbbb butt but but

I thought the Kenyan Hussein was gonna save us all?

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Man you have to quit smoking the Hopium; you are addicted.