From Austin Business Journal, August 15, 2008...
Austin's unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent in July as the metro area saw its job total dip compared with June.
The number of nonfarm jobs in the region totaled 769,600 in July, according to the latest report from the Texas Workforce Commission. That's down 6,600 positions from the month before, or 1 percent. The number of jobs is up 2.1 percent, or 15,800 positions, compared with July 2007. That's a much slower year-over-year growth rate than the region has experienced in recent years.
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