Florida unemployment drops slightly, to 9.6 percent

Florida stopped shedding jobs in April, helping the state's unemployment rate ease from 9.8 percent to 9.6 percent. Even the Tampa Bay area, which has lost 53,400 jobs the past year, saw unemployment dip from 10.5 percent in March to 10.1 percent in April. Time to declare an end to our recessionary job fears? Don't count on it. Even when the economy starts to grow again, jobs probably won't follow for months.

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