Jobless Rate in Western U.S. Tops 10 Percent in May, First Time Since 1983; 8 States Set Records »

Posted By zaph22 6 months ago in Business & Finance

The unemployment rate in the West jumped over 10 percent last month, the first time that regional threshold has been broken in about 25 years. On the state level, eight set record-highs and only two — Nebraska and Vermont — did not report increases.

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