"OHIO'S JOB PICTURE REMAINS BLEARY": Policy Matters Ohio has posted the March 2005 edition of its Job Watch.

Ohio’s job picture remains bleary, as the state has lost jobs during five out of the last six months. According to the latest seasonally adjusted payroll numbers issued March 18 by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the state lost more than 4,000 nonagricultural jobs in the last month, leaving it with 188,000 or 3.4 percent fewer jobs than it had when the recession officially began in March 2001.