From News 8 Austin, December 19, 2008...
The unemployment rate in Texas edged up in November.
The rate in October was 5.6 percent, last month it went to 5.7 percent. Last year in November the unemployment rate was 4.2 percent.
In Austin and Round Rock, the unemployment rate went up from 3.5 percent in November 2007, and 4.8 percent in October, to 5 percent in November.
The Texas Workforce Commission said the state saw hints of economic recovery from Hurricane Ike with a slight increase in the number of jobs in the southeast.
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