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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 15 > Washington jobless rate up more than expected

Washington jobless rate up more than expected

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
July 15, 2009

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington’s unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent last month, up from a revised rate of 9.1 percent in May, state officials said Tuesday. The unemployment rate in Oregon last month was 12.2 percent.

Nearly 330,000 people in Washington were unemployed and....

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