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Friday, August 17, 2012

Jobs State unemployment up 1/10th

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:34 AM

The Department of Workforce Services today released a report from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics that shows Arkansas’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point from 7.2 percent in June to 7.3 percent in July.

Press release here.

        
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Friday, August 17, 2012

Jobs State unemployment up 1/10th

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:34 AM

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