Oregon Unemployment: 12.2%

Oregon's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 12.2% in June, but non-farm payrolls continued to shrink by 7,200 jobs.  

No real light at the end of the tunnel here, but I am still hopeful we'll see net job creation by the end of the year.  

Update: Perils of vacation blogging - I had incorrectly declared the unemployment rate 12.4%,it is 12.2% (May was revised downward).  Thanks to an astute reader who pointed this out to me.