Thumbs Down: Unemployment rates up in Feb in 93% of metro areas

The latest Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
news release

(http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf)

was issued today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Highlights are below.

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Unemployment rates were higher in February than a year
earlier in 347 of the 372 metropolitan areas, lower in 21 areas, data unchanged
in 4 areas. Among the 371 metropolitan areas for which nonfarm payroll
employment data were available, 343 areas reported over-the-year decreases in
employment, 26 reported increases, and 2 had no change.