JOBS JOBS JOBS, WE CREATED JOBS IN DECEMBER

That's right, that's right. OK, can YOU feel the lift I got to see we created over 10,000 jobs in Arizona in December. Let's put this in perspective, there were only 18,000 jobs created across the whole USA in December. More than half were here in AZ. Yes! Yes! Yes! This is good news.

Arizona’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in December, up from 4.1 percent in November. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5 percent from 4.7 percent. Arizona’s economy experienced continued but slowing job growth by adding 10,100 nonfarm jobs in December to reach a record total of 2,760,600. The service-providing
industries added 12,300 jobs while the goods-producing cluster lost 2,200 jobs.

Read the whole jobs report at the following link:

http://www.workforce.az.gov/admin/uploadedPublications/2647_PrJan08.pdf