MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL
Wednesday, September 26 , 2007
ANOTHER EMPLOYMENT RECORD SET
Mississippi has broken its all-time record employment level for a second month in 2007, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The ... employment level rose to 1,166,800 in August, topping the previous high set in June 2007 at 1,160,600.
"Achieving a record number of Mississippians working for the second time this summer is fresh evidence that our economy is strong and growing in the right direction," Gov. Haley Barbour says.
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