From the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada Metropolitan Statistical Area had a seasonably adjusted Unemployment Rate of 7.1% in the most recently reported September 2014, a dramatic decline of 51% from the 14.5% comparable Unemployment Rate in July 2010.
During this most recent slightly more than four-year period, Barack Obama was US President, Harry Reid was a US Senator from Nevada and the US Federal Reserve had two eminently qualified Heads.....Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen.