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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

State jobless rate drops to 4.1% in Minnesota

State jobless rate drops to 4.1%
In StarTribune.com Business
Widespread job growth helped to lower Minnesota's unemployment rate in March to 4.1 percent, from 4.4 percent in February. The March unemployment rate was lower than for any month since January 2005, and it suggests that February's blip up to 4.4 percent was an anomaly, said Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development The U.S. rate dropped only one tenth of a percentage point to 4.7 percent in March. On a seasonally adjusted basis, employment grew by 8,000 jobs over the month in March in Minnesota.

 



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