Pittsburgh-area jobless rate dips under 7 percent!

[Bravo Zulu]

Unemployment in the Pittsburgh region fell to 6.8 percent for March, a level not seen in the region since March 2009.

The unemployment rate for the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area was a full percentage point below the rest of the state, which logged 7.8 percent unemployment, and 2 percentage points behind the national rate of 8.8 percent.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11116/1141931-407.stm#ixzz1KfHqBDMC

[rfranklin]

1. Did everyone move out of town?

Doesn't seem possible.

[cloudbase]

5. Many of us did. n/t

[Coyote_Bandit]

2. So.................

there are lots of discouraged workers in Pittsburgh that have quit seeking employment?

[madinmaryland]

3. That is good news!

[onethatcares]

4. did McDonalds hire a bunch there?

just askin:wtf:

[LetTimmySmoke]

6. Finally some good news.

Been rather discouraging lately.

[upi402]

7. - Health care and social assistance jobs lead the way

Hope there will be jobs where we actually make something and sell to other countries someday.

[distantearlywarning]

8. Pittsburgh is awesome right now!

The housing market here is one of the best in the nation as well.

No, people didn't move away. No, people haven't given up looking here. We actually have a halfway decent economy in a recession/depression, that's all. :)