St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri), December 2, 2005, Friday

Copyright 2005 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Inc.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)

December 2, 2005 Friday
THIRD EDITION

SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. C3

HEADLINE: DATABANK / QUOTABLE

BODY:
DATABANK
St. Louis unemployment1
September 4.8%
Year ago 5.9%
U.S. unemployment3
October 5.0%
Year ago 5.5%
Consumer confidence2
October 85.0
Year ago 92.9
Productivity4
3Q 2005 +4.1%
Year ago +1.3%
1 Missouri Division of Workforce Development, not seasonally adjusted 2 Labor Dept. 3 Conference Board, 1985=100 4 Labor Department, annual rate
QUOTABLE
"The toleration of illegal immigration undermines all of our labor. It rips at the social fabric. It's a race to the bottom. The one who plays by the rules is penalized."
Vernon Briggs, Cornell University labor economics professor