Thursday, May 19, 2011

State unemployment rate drops

Good news as Oregon’s unemployment rate fell to 9.6-percent in April. It’s the first single-digit jobless figure announced in more than two years.The Oregon employment department says the seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell to 9.6 percent in April, the lowest rate since 9.2 percent in December 2008.In April, the state added 1600 jobs after a net loss of 2,000 jobs in March.

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