U.S. Job Growth Grinds to a Halt

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For the first time in 11 months, net job growth failed to go up in August. The unemployment rate remained at 9.1 percent. 

Well below the national average, Hawaii’s unemployment rate was 6.1 percent in July. The rate varies widely by county.

Honolulu’s boasts a 5.4 percent unemployment rate, while unemployment on the Big Island is at 9.5 percent. Still, that’s an improvement compared to the 10.2 percent unemployment rate in Hawaii County as of July 2010.

On a national level, government jobs continued to disappear — to the tune of about 17,000 last month, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. A silver lining: About 29,700 new health care jobs were added in August. 

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