Jobs

Initial jobless claims dropped by 43,000
Congressional Budget Office projections of US unemployment in the next few years
Unemployment rate was 10% in December and will remain around that for much of 2010.
Michigan economic agencies work to create upwards of 6,000 new jobs through 18 projects.
$5 million in job training grants have been awarded to ensure that former members of the military will receive job training and employment
More than 80 percent of economists believe the recession is over and an expansion has begun.
The construction industry employed over 6 million in September 2009