Absolutely amazing, isn't it? Even Johnny Positive isn't THIS optimistic in this economy.
The Pittsburgh region gained another 7,000 jobs last month year over year. The region's unemployment rate is at 5.4% compared to the national average of 6.1%. You can read more details in the Trib article below, but this is an interesting tidbit from it: "The increase in residential employment could be an indication people from other regions are coming to the Pittsburgh area in search of work"
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_595471.html
As a side note- in typical, negative Post-Gazette fashion, here was their headline: "Dip in jobless rate here may be shortlived". I'm not going to help them by giving the link here.
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