Ohio Unemployment numbers drop

Unemployment numbers drop in Ohio

There’s a bit of good news on Ohio’s unemployment front. New numbers, just released, show that the official jobless rate in December was 9.6 percent. That’s down from November’s rate of 9.8 percent.

It’s just the latest evidence of a recent downward trend, according to Ben Johnson at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. He was interviewed by statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen.

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Johnson tracks Ohio unemployment numbers at the Department of Job and Family Services. Its latest report shows that 13,000 Ohioans got off the unemployment rolls in December. But they leave behind 567,000 people who are still without a job.

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