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• Massachusetts adds 4,000 jobs in October.

  - 2004-11-20

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 20--Massachusetts gained nearly 4,000 payroll jobs last month while the jobless rate held steady after hitting a three-year low in September, the state reported yesterday. Although hardly spectacular,...

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• Massachusetts Jobless Rate Drops to 5.1 Percent.

  - 2004-04-17

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 17--Massachusetts employers in March added payroll jobs for the first time in nearly a year, helping to push the jobless rate to its lowest level in nearly two years and providing...

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• Some Boston-Area Communities See Higher Jobless Rates.

  - 2004-03-25

  By Sandy Coleman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 25--Each month, 60 to 70 new people go to the Wareham Career Center for help in finding temporary or permanent work. An example is the woman who was recently laid off...

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• Federal Labor Official in New England Talks about December Jobless Numbers.

  - 2004-01-11

  By Diane Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 11--The federal government's announcement on Friday that the country added only 1,000 jobs in December surprised Denis McSweeney, regional commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As head of the...

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• Massachusetts' Jobless Rate Drops to 5.7 Percent in September.

  - 2003-10-18

  By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--Unemployment in Massachusetts slipped a tenth of a percentage point in September, down to 5.7 percent, the result of 1,600 new jobs and 4,600 fewer people looking for work...

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• Unemployment Nationwide Continues on Uptick; Wall Street Shrugs It Off.

  - 2003-05-03

  By Stephen J. Glain, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 3--WASHINGTON--Unemployment nationally rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 6 percent in April, matching an eight-year high reached in December. The increase, lower than expected by many analysts, relieved...

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• Jobless Rate Inches Up to 6 Percent.

  - 2003-05-03

  By Stephen J. Glain, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 3--WASHINGTON--Unemployment nationally rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 6 percent in April, matching an eight-year high reached in December. The increase, lower than expected by many analysts, relieved...

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• Consumer Confidence Falls Again in December.

  - 2003-01-01

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 1--Consumer confidence dropped sharply in December, the sixth decline in the past seven months, highlighting how tentative the economic outlook is as Americans head into the new year. ...

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• Surprise Leap in Jobless Rate Spurs Fears Recovery May Be Losing Steam.

  - 2002-12-07

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 7--The nation's unemployment rate jumped unexpectedly to 6 percent in November, from 5.7 percent the prior month, signaling that the economy may be losing the momentum needed for a sustained recovery....

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• Unemployment Raise in Massachusetts Remains Steady in September.

  - 2002-10-19

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 19--The jobless rate in Massachusetts remained stable at 5.2 percent in September, and the state added 900 jobs, marking the first upturn in payroll employment in almost two years, the...

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