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Seattle job market on the mend – growth at 21 percent in March 
WaveLength Market Analytics
According to the WaveLength Tech Jobs Composite, Seattle’s job market is well on the mend. Seattle’s indices have only gone up, suggesting that data collection likely began at the absolute bottom of hiring demand.

Seattle SBA district says lending up ‘significantly’
Puget Sound Business Journal
The Seattle district for the Small Business Administration said the number of SBA loans increased “significantly” in the first two quarters of the federal government’s fiscal year 2010, compared with the same time a year earlier.

Government must cultivate the conditions for job creation 
New York Times
President Obama recently noted that, by itself, government cannot replace the 8.2 million jobs lost over the past two years. What government can do, he said, is “help to create the conditions” for renewed hiring.