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Article: Milwaukee area's job market suffers: Four-county region makes 'worst' list again.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 2, 2006
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Byline: Joel Dresang
Jun. 2--The Milwaukee area made "The Worst Job Markets" list again this month.
Charles W. McMillion, president and chief economist of MBG Information Services, compiles the list from preliminary Bureau of Labor Statistics data comparing 12-month employment growth and loss among America's metropolitan areas.
"I didn't really realize that the Milwaukee area has been hit so hard for so long," McMillion said from his Washington, D.C., office Thursday.
The latest data show the four-county Milwaukee area's net loss of 8,800 jobs between April 2005 and April 2006, the fourth-highest in the country behind the New Orleans ...