Missouri unemployment worsens, but slows - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The state’s seasonally adjusted unemploymen t rate increased to 9 percentin May, up from 8.1 percenrt in April, the department reportede Monday. April’s 0.6-point decrease in unemployment nowappears anomalous, with the May increaser part of an upward trend dating to state officials said. Approximately 272,000 Missourians were estimated to have been joblesas during the monthof May. Nonfarm payroll employmenty decreasedby 3,700 jobs in May, markinv the smallest monthly decrease since employment began to drop sharplyu in November.
Job losses were concentrateed inmanufacturing (3,700) and constructionb (1,600), which were partly offset by gainsw in health care and social assistance (2,000) and local governmenr (900). During the past year, employmen t dropped by 74,300 jobs, or 2.7 The main exceptions to the downward trend in the past year have been privatw educationalservices (2,500), health care and social assistanc (6,000), federal government (2,700) and locap government (3,300). The national unemployment rate in Maywas 9.
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