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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 21 > State jobless rate hits 23-year high

State jobless rate hits 23-year high


January 21, 2009

SALEM — Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit a 23-year high of 9 percent in December, up from 8 percent in November. December’s rate is the highest since April 1985 when it reached 9.1 percent.

In December, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted....

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