How many states will have less than 6.0% unemployment in June?
There were 5 states whose unemployment rates remained below 6% in June ND 4.2%, NE 5.0%, SD 5.1%, UT 5.7%, and WY 5.9%
According to:
http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstrk.htm
Background:
For May, two states (Nebraska and North Dakota) had unemployment rates below 5.0% and they were both at 4.4%. Four other states South Dakota (5.0%), Wyoming (5.0%), Utah (5.4%), and Iowa (5.8%) had rates below 6.0%, which is a pretty reasonable amount of unemployment.
So let's look for signs of recovery. Will any other states join this group of six? There are five more with rates between 6.0-6.9%. Will some of them improve and drop below 6%. Or (shudders) will one or more of those six lose more jobs and go over 6% themselves?
http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstrk.htm
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source based on governmental reports. http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstrk.htm
| 0-2 states are below 6% |
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| 3-4 states are below 6% |
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| 5-6 states are below 6% |
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| 7 or more states are below 6% |
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Initial likelihoods: 0-2 states are below 6%: 10%, 3-4 states are below 6%: 60%, 5-6 states are below 6%: 25%, 7 or more states are below 6%: 5%
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: the answer is 5-6 states are below 6% (5 to be exact)
http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstrk.htm
I know that's your ?, just trying to help out....
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: There were 5 states whose unemployment rates remained below 6% in June ND 4.2%, NE 5.0%, SD 5.1%, UT 5.7%, and WY 5.9%
According to:
http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstrk.htm
Suspend date: Sun 12th Jul 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sat 18th Jul 3:16am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 12th Jul 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
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undercontrol
predicted 5-6 states are below 6% (H$20 at 43%)
donnamil
predicted 5-6 states are below 6% (H$300 at 35%)
alertedclub
predicted 5-6 states are below 6% (H$50 at 35%)Comments (3)
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http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstcm.htm
On July 2nd the national unemployment rate for June will be published (the publication is called "Current Population Survey"). In May it was an increase from 8.9 to 9.4. This will be a good indicator also for regional unemployment in June.
http://www.bls.gov/cps/
From the evolution of the rates from April to May, seems that 5 will be the most probable answer.
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