In the News: Austin fighting back; jobless rate drops for 2nd month

mboxCreate(‘related_articles_bottom’,'market=austin’,'slug=daily42′,’issue_date=2009-04-13′,’position=bottom’); For the second consecutive month, Austin’s unemployment rate has decreased as the region tries to regain the losses it’s sustained in the recession. Austin added 5,100 jobs in the month of March, helping drop the metro area’s unemployment rate from 6.3 percent in February to 6.2 percent, according to the latest figures from the [...]