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Thursday, May 15, 2008
"Local jobs growth likely won't last" The Columbus Dispatch
Link: Local jobs growth likely won't last
The Columbus Dispatch
May 14, 2008
...The Columbus Chamber said yesterday that employment in central Ohio increased 0.3 percent during the first three months of 2008, bucking a national trend that had employment declining by 0.2 percent.
Unemployment in the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway and Union counties, stood at 4.9 percent. That was a slight improvement from the 5.1 percent unemployment locally in December.
However, the statistical sweep came before the failure of Skybus, which cost Columbus 365 jobs. The acquisition of Wendy's International by the parent of Arby's in April also is expected to bring layoffs...
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