The commission called for an increase of 9.9percentt.
The forecast was for an increase of 0.4percentt.
The new prediction is for an increase of 4.5percentt from 2003, compared with an estimate made in December calling for an increase of 3.6percentt.
Silicon Valley added 28,000 jobs, for an increase of 1.7percentt in 2007.
The Island gained 6,200 nonagricultural jobs, for an increase of 0.5percentt.
The estimate for 2004, calling for an increase of 4.9percentt from 2003, is unchanged.
The prediction for a five-nation European region -- Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain -- is now for an increase of 0.4percentt from 2002 compared with a forecast in December for an increase of 1.8percentt.
While that rate was hardly stellar, it did top expectations for an increase of 1.6 percent.
The previous forecast, made in December, called for an increase of 4.1 percent from 2012.
Progressive has raised rates about 4percentt in Missouri and is asking for an increase of 9.9percentt in Florida.
July and August: same again, except that this time one member, Tim Besley, actually voted for an increase of 0.25%.
