[May 21, 2012] “the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released the May 2012 edition of its state-by-state snapshots which detail each individual state’s economic progress for the previous month. The report shows that more than three-in-five states added private sector jobs in April and 130,000 private-sector jobs were added last month. The report entitled Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots, features key economic statistics for each state. The report is the fifth edition released in 2012 by the Chairman of the JEC and uses recently released state-level data to explain how the economic recovery is unfolding in each state.”