Posted Apr 20, 2010, 6:07 AM
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Monday, April 19, 2010, 11:43am CDT
Report: Stimulus created 205K Q1 jobs in Texas
Austin Business Journal
Texas added 205,000 jobs in the first three months of the year thanks to the stimulus bill, a report released by the White House on Friday claims.
The Council of Economic Advisors conducted the analysis released April 16. It follows a report that said the economic stimulus initiative created about 2.2 to 2.8 million jobs nationwide in the same period. Texas reported the second largest number of job increases after California, which added about 340,000.
The Central Texas unemployment rate fell for the second consecutive month in March, hitting about 7.1 percent from 7.3 percent in February. It reported 4,600 more jobs in March than February, but 500 less than a the same month in 2009.
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