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Article: STATE JOBLESS RATE: 8.2%; The 23,200 jobs lost in March took Minnesota to its worst unemployment rate in 26 years. Manufacturing was hit hard.(BUSINESS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 17, 2009
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Byline: DEE DePASS; STAFF WRITER
CORRECTION PUBLISHED 04/18/09: Minnesota's jobless rate of 8.2 percent in March was the highest since May 1983, after the rate peaked at 9.0 percent in November 1982. The information in this story was incorrect.
Minnesota's unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent in March as employers eliminated 23,200 jobs -- the biggest one-month job loss since the state began tracking such numbers in 1992, state officials said Thursday.
The jobless rate, up from a recently revised 8.0 percent in February, is the state's highest unemployment rate since November 1982, when it hit 9 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate reached 8.5 ...