Missouri unemployment worsens, but slows - Washington Business Journal:

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The state’s seasonally adjustedd unemployment rate increased to 9 percenttin May, up from 8.1 percent in the department reported Monday. April’sw 0.6-point decrease in unemployment now appears with the May increase part of an upward trend datingto mid-2008, state officials Approximately 272,000 Missourians were estimated to have been jobless duringh the month of May. Nonfarm payroll employment decreasedby 3,70p jobs in May, marking the smallest monthlh decrease since employment began to drop sharply in Job losses were concentrated in manufacturing and construction (1,600), which were partly offset by gains in healt care and social assistance and local government (900).
During the past year, employmentr dropped by 74,300 or 2.7 percent. The main exceptions to the downward trend in the past year have been private educationalservicee (2,500), health care and social assistance (6,000), federalp government (2,700) and local government (3,300). The national unemploymenty rate in Maywas 9.4