Good News For Nevada’s Economy

The state has released a look at Nevada’s economy, that indicates greater health that previously reported. After revisiting data for jobs created in 2016 and the employment rate, the state actually added 41,000 jobs and had an unemployment rate of 5.7 percent. The state originally reported a job gain of 32,500 and unemployment rate of 5.8 percent but now has more complete information. Nevada lost 186,000 jobs during the great recession, and unemployment peaked in 2010 at 13.7 percent.