Texas Still on Track to Economic Recovery

Texas gained an additional 67,200 jobs in January. That’s the 18th consecutive month that employment has grown in the state. In 2011, the state gained a total of 258,200 jobs.

The national economy hasn’t picked up quite as quickly as Texas’, but as The New York Times reported today, the nation has added about the same number of jobs Texas added over the last year in each of the last three consecutive months. The U.S. as a whole gained 227,000 jobs in February, 284,000 in January and 223,000 in December. (Texas’ February ...

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