Financial Focus for Sept. 16

Financial Focus for Sept. 16

New numbers from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR) reveal the state added about 6500 jobs in August.

That job growth helped lower our state's unemployment rate from 14% to 13.2%.

However, our state has lost more than 133,000 jobs in the last year.

And the unemployment rate is nearly 10% higher than it was at this time last year.

WALL STREET...DOW IS UP SLIGHTLY.NASDAQ DOWN MORE THAN 1PERCENT.SP500 DOWN NEARLY HALF APERCENT.AND GAMING...BOYD DOWN MORE THAN 2 PERCENTCAESARS DOWN 5 PERCENT MGMDOWN 3 PERCENTLAS VEGAS SANDS DOWN MORE THAN4 PERCENT WYNN DOWN 3 PERCENTRED ROCK RESORTS DOWN MORE THAN2 PERCENTGOOD NEWS....MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING BACK TOWORK....HERE IN NEVADA!DETR'S LATEST REPORT SHOWS...EMPLOYMENT IN NEVADAINCREASED....IN AUGUST....WITH ABOUT -65- HUNDREDJOBS...HOWEVER...THERE WAS A DECREASE OF MORETHAN....-1- HUNDRED -33- THOUSANDJOBS.....WHEN COMPARED TO LAST AUGUST.THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE GOINGFROM....-9- POINT -3- PERCENT.....TO - 13- POINT -2- PERCENT...IN A YEARS TIME.TONIGHT'S...FINANCIAL FOCUS IS BROUGHT TOYOU BY...."THE CLARK COUNTY CREDITUNION"..