From the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE:
There was continued good economic news from the state Department of Labor and Industry, which announced Thursday that the state’s unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent in April, a full percentage point and a half below the national rate.
The improved unemployment rate was reinforced by private sector job growth of 24,800 jobs across the state.
The gross number of jobs in the state was reduced by 1,100 because of declining employment in the government sector. Still, Mark Price, an economist with the Keystone Research Center, called the net increase of 23,700 jobs, “a really big number.”
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