New Jersey unemployment rate reaches 9.8 percent
New figures show that almost 10 percent of New Jersey residents are out of work and that number is rising. The jobless rate in the state is 9.8 percent, the highest it has been in 35 years. And up two
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Aug 17, 2012, 2:11 PM
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New figures show that almost 10 percent of New Jersey residents are out of work and that number is rising.
The jobless rate in the state is 9.8 percent, the highest it has been in 35 years. And up two tenths from June.
New Jersey's jobless rate now sits one and a half points higher than the national rate.
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