US : The latest Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release

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The latest Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release
(http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf)
was issued today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Highlights are below.
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Unemployment rates were higher in January than a year
earlier in 371 of the 372 metropolitan areas and unchanged
in 1 area. Among the 310 metropolitan areas for which
nonfarm payroll data were available in January 2009, 254
metropolitan areas recorded over-the-year employment
decreases, 55 reported gains, and 1 was unchanged.

News releases archives:
http://www.bls.gov/schedule/archives/all_nr.htm