California Jobless Rate to Approach 12%

The grim situation in California is about to get grimmer as Unemployment Benefits Go Bye-Bye More than 200,000 long-term jobless Americans will lose their unemployment checks this week, when eight states roll off the federal extended benefits program. Nearly half of them live in California, and the rest reside in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Colorado, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Texas.

California jobless rate climbs to 10.5 percent

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The state's jobless rate, unchanged in January for the second straight month, is tied with Rhode Island. But California is No.

The latest figures indicate the recession is dragging into 2010. The state's jobless rate was 10.2% last February. Nationally, the jobless rate was similarly flat, at 9.7% for the first two months of California's unemployment rate held steady at 12.5% in February, as effects of the recession dragged into 2010, the U.S.

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California s unemployment rate increased in July while job creation slowed to a crawl, fueling fears that the state s fragile recovery is faltering. Last month s unemployment rate ticked up to 12% from 11.8% in June, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department. California now has the second-highest rate of unemployment in the nation, trailing only Nevada at 12.9%. Its jobless rate is well above the U.S.