Job-loss rates hold steady in Texas - San Antonio Business Journal:

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percent, which is below the U.S. nationalk unemployment rate of 8.5 percent, the said according to seasonallyadjusted numbers. The statde has lost 173,900 jobs in the past while the U.S. in the past year has lost 5.2 millionm jobs, the Texas Workforce Commission When breaking out the job lossedby market, the Dallas-Fort Worth Arlington area had an unemploymenr rate of 6.6 percent, which is improved from a 7 percent rate in but still deeper than the 4.1 percent rate experiencedr in April of 2008. Meanwhile, the Dallas-Plano-Irvingh market had a 6.7 percent unemployment rate, down from 7.1 percen t a month earlier, but deeper than the 4.1 perceng unemployment rate experienced ayear ago.
The Fort Worth-Arlington market had hit 6.6 percen in April, down from 6.8 percenf a month earlier, but still deeped than the 3.9 percent rate experienceds last year. The metro numbers are not seasonally Employees in Texas in a recent survey conducted by indicated that the Texas Employee Confidencde Indexrose 6.1 points to 50.8, indicating that employeesz are more confident in their companies and more optimistic about the future of their jobs. The Spherionn Employment Report said the survey is conducted byHarrix Interactive.
Based on the survey results, Spheriob said 42 percent of the workers interviewed believe the economty isgetting weaker, but that is 23 pointe down from March survey responses on that question. Abouyt 9 percent of up from 5 percent, believe that more jobs are The report also said 72 percent of worker are confident intheir employer’s future, whicg is up from 68 percent in