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“Mass. Unemployment Rate Climbs in August”

Filed under Economic Trends
Posted by Libraries, September 22, 2006
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Associated Press, Boston.com, September 14, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/09/14/
massunemploymentrateclimbsinaugust?p1=emailtoafriend

For the first time in over a decade, the Bay State’s unemployment rate briefly climbed above the national rate, which stands at 4.8%. It is estimated that there are 3.207 million people unemployed in Massachusetts and that most of these gaps are in the manufacturing and financial sectors. On the positive side, both the education and health care fields gained new jobs in August.

—Stephanie Miles