The Unemployment Rate in Nevada

went down a tick, but it doesn't mean much when the state used to have 4-percent unemployment. Those days are gone forever, I am afraid.

Meanwhile, people in my area are moving out of Reno in droves. Moving vans are everywhere in sight.

Snip from the article:

Washoe’s decline to 12.2 percent, based on a mid-month survey of employers and other market estimates, is more a reflection of a stagnant or declining workforce than outright improvement in the job market, said Bill Anderson, chief economist at the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

California's rate continues to tick upward.