Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Unemployment Situation or Thank God We're Not Michigan

I got to thinking about the unemployment numbers for Ohio and starting taking a look around at the surrounding states and this is what I have discovered:

Unemployment Rates of States Surrounding Ohio


It would appear that with the exception of Michigan, the rest of the states that border Ohio are right around the national average. That should tell us something...

Now here is the same map with business climate:

Business Climate of Ohio and Surrounding States


Thoughts?