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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 16 > Oregon jobless rate rises to 8.1 percent

Oregon jobless rate rises to 8.1 percent


December 16, 2008

SALEM — The state reports Oregon’s unemployment rate shot up nearly a percentage point in November, to 8.1 percent. The month before it was 7.2 percent. The November figure marks the state’s highest jobless rate in five years. The state’s unemployment rate....

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