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Region lags national employment trend, but is holding steady

Unemployment rates in the region are stable, but still above the national average, a reversal of the situation earlier in the pandemic, and indeed of longstanding lower rates here. Nationally, the unemployment rate was 11.1 per cent in August, down from a peak of 13 per cent in June. That number was

By Sean Heeger

Last updated on May 03, 23

Posted on Sep 17, 20

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Region lags national employment trend, but is holding steady
Scott Verhoeve and Charlene Hofbauer, executive director of the Workforce Planning Board, who are monitoring employment trends.[Sean Heeger / The Observer]
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Sean Heeger is a former full-time journalist / photographer at The Observer.

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