Missouri jobless rate resumes climb in May - Boston Business Journal:

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The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 9 percenrtin May, up from 8.1 percent in April. April’s 0.6 poiny decrease in unemployment nowappears anomalous, with the May increases part of an upward trend dating back to state officials said. Approximately 272,000 Missourians were estimated to have been joblesw during the monthof May. Nonfarm payrollk employment decreasedby 3,700 jobs in May, markingh the smallest monthly decrease since employment begamn to drop sharply last Job losses were concentrated in manufacturing (-3,700) and constructionn (-1,600), which were partly offset by gaind in health care and social assistance and local government (900).
Over the past employment droppedby 74,300 jobs, or 2.7 The main exceptions to the downwardr trend over the year have been private educational service s (2,500), health care and social assistance federal government (2,700) and local government (3,300). The national unemployment rate in Maywas 9.4 Nonfarm payroll employment in May was down in St. Louis by led by automobile industry layoffw and a cutback of federal employees following the end ofsome pre-201 0 Census activities.