EDS: Clients who used a story slugged BIZ-Yuma Economy that moved Thursday, Dec. 24, under a YUMA dateline, are asked to use the following correction. An updated version of the story has been posted here.
PHOENIX – A Dec. 24 Cronkite News story about the Yuma area incorrectly stated the scope of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly metropolitan area unemployment report. The Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget, is the geographic equivalent of Yuma County and includes unemployment data outside the city of Yuma. The article also updates a quote attributed to Tom Krolik, an economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who provided the quote to Cronkite News in 2012. The previous version of the story indicated he provided the quote during a recent conversation.