Texas Unemployment Rate Rises

Despite many people's views that Texas' strong economy is outside the realm of national recession, Texas' unemployment rate experienced a slight rise this month. Although this shows that the nationwide recession is in fact having an impact on the Texas economy, Texas' unemployment rate is still far below the national trend. The Dallas Morning News reported that although the employment of financial and education and health services are on an upward swing, other industries are still below what one would consider healthy in better economic times. This is important because although many consider Texas and its economy something to itself, we are not beyond the repercussions of an economic recession.