Economic Report: New York's Jobless Rate Holds Steady - 04/17/09
Submitted by Doug Cunningham on April 16, 2009 - 10:09pm
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The month of March saw New York state’s unemployment rate stay steady at 7.8 even though 33,000 private sector positions were lost. Overall the state has seen a decline of 176,100 jobs in the private sector since August of 2008. New York City’s unemployment rate was also steady in March staying at 8.1 percent. In March of 2008 the city’s unemployment rate was 4.6 percent while statewide the rate was 4.8 percent.
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