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Only three of 20 April indicators registered improvementfrom year-agoi levels, matching the numbeer of upward-pointing indicators recorded in the MMAC said in its Economic Trends report. "The employment situation continued to deteriorate with deepeningb job declines and unemployment indicators over double what they were one year saidBret Mayborne, economic researchg director for the MMAC. "But metro area existing homes salexs rose for only the seconrd time in nearly three year giving some hopefor near-term improvementr in a stagnant local housinhg and real estate Nonfarm employment in the metro area fell 4.8 percent in Aprill to 812,300, down from March’s 4.
3 percent Employment levels have now declined compared with year-ago levels in each of the past 12 with April’s decline being the steepest registered in this period, the MMAC Only two of 10 major industr y sectors registered April job gains compared with one year ago, whilr eight registered declines. Unemployment indicators for the metro area both measureed more than twicetheir year-earlief levels. The number of unemployed in metrl Milwaukeerose 117.6% against year-ago to 70,300 compared with 32,300 in Aprik 2008. Likewise, new unemployment compensatioj claims rose ata 104.
6 percent rate in Aprilk to 12,101, this indicator’s third consecutive year-over-year increase of 100 percent or greater. On the positive existing homes sales for the metro arearose 5.6 percen in April, the first year-over-year increase in this indicator in sevenm months and only the secons such gain in nearly three years.
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