Unemployment Up in 5 WI Metro Areas

[dgridley]

From the article:

The state Department of Workforce Development on Wednesday reported local unemployment figures for February.

Unemployment rates rose in the Eau Claire, Fond Du Lac, Oshkosh-Neenah, Racine and Wausau areas from January. Rates didn't change in the Appleton, Green Bay and Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis areas and fell slightly in the Janesville, La Crosse, Madison and Sheboygan areas.

The Janesville area had the highest unemployment rate of any metro area at 12.7 percent. Madison had the lowest at 6.7 percent.

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[Blue Baboon]

Janesville is where all the auto manufacturing plants were. So that makes sense. Madison has a lot of government jobs so that also makes sense.

Would be nice to see this all go back to a normal rate. Not happening as fast as people had hoped.