(The Center Square) – Ohio’s unemployment numbers showed improvement in June but still have not made up losses seen in May’s jobless report. The state’s unemployment rate rose to 5.2% last month, up from 5% in May, but nearly 20,000 private-sector jobs were created in June, offsetting the 14,200 jobs lost in May. The rising number continues a slight trend that began in the spring as the state unemployment rate was 4.7% in March and April before moving to 5% in May. “More than half of the new private-sector jobs created were in the hard-hit leisure and hospitality sector,” said Rea Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center and vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute. “Although still down almost 100,000 jobs, this sector is slowly recovering as more Ohioans travel and dine out.” The national June unemployment also saw a slight uptick to 5.9% from 5.8% in…
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